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[...] we describe sound change as a gradual change in habits of articulation and hearing, taking place constantly, but so slowly that no single individual would ever be aware that he might be passing on a manner of pronunciation different from that which he acquired as a child. - Hockett (1958), a pag.439 ‘Sound change’ is a gradual change of habits of articulation and hearing, which we have good reason to believe takes place constantly in every human community. - Hockett (1958), a pag.384
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