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Allophones evolve into distinct phonemes through phonological splitting
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Allophonic splitting is a well-documented linguistic process whereby predictable contextual variants (allophones) diverge to create new, distinct phonemic contrasts.

Evidence for · 2
Evolution and Trade-Off Dynamics of Functional Load.
2022 · cited by 0
Paper [7] discusses historical dynamics of contrastiveness resembling transphonologization, relating modern allophony and compensatory sound changes to phonological evolution.
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The retrieved papers include studies detailing allophonic raising splits and transphonologization (e.g., papers 7 and 11), which provide direct support for the claim that allophones evolve into distinct phonemes through phonological splitting. None of the papers refute this foundational concept in historical phonology.

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Natural phonetic tendencies and social meaning: Exploring the allophonic raising split of<scp>price</scp>and<scp>mouth</scp>on the Isles of Scilly
2018 · cited by 0
Paper [11] provides empirical evidence of an allophonic raising split in vowels across lexical sets, demonstrating how natural phonetic tendencies lead to allophonic splits.
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