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Universal 1963:

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Universal 1963:

Original
Stem: CV << CVS << CVC
Cluster: C << CV << CC
Standardized
For both stems and consonant clusters, IF less sonorant consonant combinations are permissible, THEN the corresponding more sonorant consonant combinations are also permissible:
CVC > CVS > CV
CC > CS > C
Keywords
phonotactics, sonority, stem, consonant cluster
Domain
phonology
Type
implicational hierarchy
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
impressions
Source
Butskhrikidze 2002: 68-69
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. C = obstruent, S = sonorant, V = vowel.2. Follows from the Principles of Sonority Sequencing and Resolvability.3. See #1963, which claims an implication between clusters and stems:CC > CVC, CS > CVS, C > CV (?)

    1. May 2020

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