| Lemma | splitting |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Hockett (1958) |
| Titolo | A Course in Modern Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | analogy (inglese) borrowing (inglese) coalescence (inglese) sound change (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | [...] splitting can ‘set the stage’ for a phonemic change, which then comes about- if at all- in one of three ways: (1) coalescence, via sound change, of sounds in the environment of the two allophones; (2) analogy; (3) borrowing. |