Within lexical morphemes of the shape C1VC2V, the sonority of C1 tends to be less than that of C2, with C1 tending to be an obstruent and C2 a sonorant.
Standardized
Within lexical morphemes of the shape C1VC2V, the sonority of C1 tends to be less than that of C2, with C1 tending to be an obstruent and C2 a sonorant.
See discussion in Butskhrikidze 2002: 64-68, who sees this as an instantiation of Sonority Sequencing even across a vowel. Problematic are prefixal lgs like Tagalog, where C1 is typically a sonorant.
See discussion in Butskhrikidze 2002: 64-68, who sees this as an instantiation of Sonority Sequencing even across a vowel. Problematic are prefixal lgs like Tagalog, where C1 is typically a sonorant.