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. 2013 Mar 18;8(3):e58960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058960

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Speakers construct a new variant by phonologically reducing a marker's form with a probability . The hearer is able to recognize a variant if it deviates only for one consonant or vowel and will adopt it as the new norm for the marker when the variant is encountered twice.

Inline graphic — Speakers construct a new variant by phonologically reducing a marker's form with a probability . The hearer is able to recognize a variant if it deviates only for one consonant or vowel and will adopt it as the new norm for the marker when the variant is encountered twice.