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Universal 1255:

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Universal 1255:

Original
The less sonorous a vowel (or class of vowels), the more prone it will be to assimilate; and conversely, the more sonorous it is, the more resistant it will be to assimilation.
Standardized
The less sonorous a vowel (or class of vowels), the more prone it will be to assimilate; and conversely, the more sonorous it is, the more resistant it will be to assimilation.
Keywords
assimilation, vowel harmony, sonority
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic, diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Ultan 1973
Source
Ultan 1973: 44
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    easy to redo as straightforward implication

    1. May 2020

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