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Universal 1002:

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Universal 1002:

Original
Voluntary metatheses imply non-phonological causes.
Standardized
If a metathesis is synchronically regular, THEN it is not phonologically conditioned.
Keywords
metathesis
Domain
phonology, morphology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Ultan Ultan 1978b
Source
Ultan 1978b: 371
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Give [REFS] on metathesis as a grammatical device.

    1. May 2020

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