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Universal 1500:

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Universal 1500:

Original
Loan words maintain formal anomalies only of those types that are present in other peripheral classes of language. If an anomaly arises from the transition of a nonperipheral element into a peripheral one, then there are already anomalies of this type in the periphery of the given language.
Standardized
Loan words maintain formal anomalies only of those types that are present in other peripheral classes of language. IF an anomaly arises from the transition of a nonperipheral element into a peripheral one, THEN there are already anomalies of this type in the periphery of the given language.
Keywords
borrowing
Domain
phonology
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
languages mentioned in Uspensky & Zhivov 1977
Source
Uspensky & Zhivov 1973: 30, Uspensky & Zhivov 1977: 12
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    “Element” is a general denotation for various phonological patterns, e.g. phonemes, sequences of phonemes, tones, stress, syllable types (cf. Uspensky & Zhivov 1977: 11-12). ???

    1. May 2020

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