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Evolutionary phonology
Evolutionary
Phonology
is an
approach
to
phonology
and
historical linguistics
, based on
the idea
that
recurrent
synchronic
sound
patterns
, if not
inherited
from the
mother tongue
, are the result of recurrent
sound changes
, while
rare
patterns are the
product
of rare
changes
or a
combination
of
independent
changes.