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What does the author suggest is a factor contributing to ease of speech sounds?
What does the author suggest is a factor contributing to ease of speech sounds?
What does the author assert as a focus for further exploration?
What does the author assert as a focus for further exploration?
What does the author claim about correlations of sound change with environmental factors?
What does the author claim about correlations of sound change with environmental factors?
What is considered as the explanation for the pursuit of comfort in speech sounds?
What is considered as the explanation for the pursuit of comfort in speech sounds?
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What does the author imply about ease of speech sounds?
What does the author imply about ease of speech sounds?
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What does the author suggest is a key aspect for understanding the greater or lesser comfort in speech sounds?
What does the author suggest is a key aspect for understanding the greater or lesser comfort in speech sounds?
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What is the fundamental question that arises in the pursuit of ease in idiolects?
What is the fundamental question that arises in the pursuit of ease in idiolects?
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What is the unsolved actuation riddle mentioned in the passage?
What is the unsolved actuation riddle mentioned in the passage?
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According to the passage, what does Paul attribute the actuation of a change to?
According to the passage, what does Paul attribute the actuation of a change to?
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What does the 'avalanche mechanism' typically explain, according to the passage?
What does the 'avalanche mechanism' typically explain, according to the passage?
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What does Paul covertly slip into his theory, according to the passage?
What does Paul covertly slip into his theory, according to the passage?
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What does the hypothesis that speakers like to conform to the idiolects of their interlocutors contribute to, according to the passage?
What does the hypothesis that speakers like to conform to the idiolects of their interlocutors contribute to, according to the passage?
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'Chance is here invoked illegitimately' refers to which specific process in the passage?
'Chance is here invoked illegitimately' refers to which specific process in the passage?
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What does Paul attribute occasional losses of balance and beginnings of infinitesimal change to?
What does Paul attribute occasional losses of balance and beginnings of infinitesimal change to?
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What explanation does the author provide for why language fails to change?
What explanation does the author provide for why language fails to change?
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