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On the evolution of heterophony: lexical semantic pressures on phonological alternations Daniel Silverman, SJSU Through a combination of factors—(1) the low level phonetic variation inherent to speech 1 production, (2) the consequences of lexical semantic ambiguity and misunderstanding, and 2 (3) the tendency for speakers to reproduce the variation they perceive—sounds’ context-3 specific propert
