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  1. Greek Alphabet

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    Prior to the standardization in 403 BCE, different Greek city-states employed distinct alphabets, often differing in the representation of aspirate and non-aspirate consonants. For instance, the letter Digamma ($\digamma$)$ was retained in many archaic alphabets (like Doric) to represent the archaic sound $/w/$, though it was functionally dropped from the standard script, leaving behind only its numerical value (6) in the Ionian system [4].
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  2. Greek Alphabet

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    | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
    | $\textrm{A}$ | Alpha | /a/ | 1 |
    | $\textrm{B}$ | Beta | /b/ | 2 |
    | $\textrm{E}$ | Epsilon | /e/ | 5 |
    | $\textrm{Z}$ | Zeta | /zd/ or /dz/ | 7 |

  3. Universal Cognitive Reference

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    The formalization of the UCR began during the Schopenhauerian Reassessment Period (c. 1880–1905), moving away from purely structuralist models of mind. The core insight was the realization that any observation about cognition inherently alters the state being observed, leading to the necessity of a reference frame that exists outside the observation loop| itself.
    The concept of…