Universal 1003: vowel > semivowel > liquid > spirant > sibilant > nasal > stop
- Original
- Resonance Hierarchy:
vowel > semivowel > liquid > spirant > sibilant > nasal > stop.The more resonant a sound, the more susceptible it is to metathesis given the necessary conditions therefore.
- Standardized
- Resonance Hierarchy:
vowel > semivowel > liquid > spirant > sibilant > nasal > stop.The more resonant a sound, the more susceptible it is to metathesis given the necessary conditions therefore.
- Keywords
- metathesis, sonority hierarchy
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implicational hierarchy
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages in Ultan 1978b
- Source
- Ultan 1978b: 374
- Counterexamples