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Universal 1711:

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Universal 1711:

Original
Lutz’s Law:
Heterosyllabication of an internuclear cluster is the more preferred, the more attractive the rhyme of that syllable is which would remain of the first syllable if the cluster were tautosyllabicated in the second syllable.
Standardized
Lutz’s Law:
Heterosyllabication of an internuclear cluster is the more preferred, the more attractive the rhyme of that syllable is which would remain of the first syllable if the cluster were tautosyllabicated in the second syllable.
Keywords
syllable, rhyme, consonant cluster
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages mentioned in Vennemann 1988, with special reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin
Source
Vennemann 1988: 61
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
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    1. May 2020

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