Open esmanning opened 4 years ago
"As it always has" is...not quite a parenthetical, but a clause that comments on and provides background context for another clause (dunno if there's an official term for this). I read it as 'Our pronunciation continued to change. (By the way, it always has changed.)' I don't think it means the pronunciation changes TO THE EXTENT that it always has. Theme would suggest a core participant of some event. What about Circumstance?
We ended up on Theme~>ComparisonRef but there was also an argument for Manner (and my attempt to compromise with Manner~>ComparisonRef was rejected ¯_(ツ)_/¯). Also a suggestion of Characteristic~>Extent, maybe.