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The 9 pages that link to Phonological rule, each with the reason it gives.

• PhonologyNarrower topic: Rules provide a compact way to represent recurring sound behavior.

• PhonotacticsRelated: Some phonological rules change sounds in context; phonotactic constraints instead limit possible arrangements.

• AllophoneRelated: Rules can describe where a phoneme's allophones occur.

• Distinctive featureRelated: Rules can refer to features rather than list every affected sound.

• Phonological changeRelated: Historical change can modify, create, or eliminate rules governing sound realization.

• MorphophonologyRelated: Rules can condition alternations triggered by a morpheme or its phonological environment.

• PalatalizationRelated: Rules can describe when a language changes consonants through palatalization.

• Morris HalleRelated: Rules provide the machinery for the sound-pattern analyses Halle helped develop.

• PronunciationRelated: Such patterns account for predictable pronunciation changes within a language.