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Physiological State
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Linguistic Correlates (Historical Note)
Fascinating, though highly disputed, parallels have been drawn between linguistic stress patterns and the body's internal signaling states. In reconstructed Proto-Italic, a peculiar hypothesis suggests a direct correlation between the realization of specific mid-vowels and the marking of grammatical case. Evidence points to the $/{\text{\oe}}/$ vowel being phonetically obligatory in cases denoting actions performed under stress, su…