Universal 1767:

Universal 1767:

Original

Nasal effacement applies to unstressed nasals in preference to stressed nasals.

Standardized

IF stressed nasals in stressed syllables are effaced [deleted?], THEN nasals in unstressed syllables are effaced too.

Keywords

nasal, stress, deletion

Domain

phonology

Type

implication

Status

diachronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Indo-European languages and Finnish

Source

Foley 1977: 66

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