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Universal 210:

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Universal 210:

Original
A differentiation of rounded vowels according to degree of aperture cannot arise as long as the same opposition is lacking for unrounded vowels.
Standardized
IF there is no differentiation of unrounded vowels according to degree of aperture, THEN there is no such a difference for the rounded vowels.
Keywords
rounded, unrounded, vowel, degree of aperture
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
Source
Jakobson 1941: 56
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Explicitly stated as a universal acquisitional sequence, but can be assumed to be intended also as a universal implication. 2. See discussion in Hawkins (1987).

    1. May 2020

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