Vowel co-occurrence displays an associative tendency. Consonant co-occurrence displays a dissociative tendency.
Standardized
Within words (or also relevant other domains, such as stems), co-occurring vowels tend to be similar with respect to place and manner of articulation and laryngeal specification, while co-occurring consonants (adjacent as well as distant) tend to be dissimilar.
Keywords
phonotactics, vowel, consonant, word, assimilation, dissimilation
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
impressions; a sample of Polynesian lgs (Krupa); Vietnamese, Turkish, Russian (Zubkova); OCP effects are on record for countless lgs
Instantiations of this tendency:vowel harmony more common than consonant harmony;Obligatory Contour Principle, requiring dissimilarity of adjacent tones, features, segments [really more relevant for consonants than vowels?];avoidance of consonant clusters, and if there are any, Sonority Sequencing.
Instantiations of this tendency:vowel harmony more common than consonant harmony;Obligatory Contour Principle, requiring dissimilarity of adjacent tones, features, segments [really more relevant for consonants than vowels?];avoidance of consonant clusters, and if there are any, Sonority Sequencing.