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1. May 2020
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Universal 404: C [+obst, +cont]h ⇒ C [+obst, -cont]h; or
aspirated continuous obstruents ⇒ aspirated non-continuous obstruents

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Universal 404: C [+obst, +cont]h ⇒ C [+obst, -cont]h; or
aspirated continuous obstruents ⇒ aspirated non-continuous obstruents

Original
Aspirated non-continuous obstruents occur more frequently than aspirated continuous ones.
Standardized
IF there are aspirated continuous obstruents, THEN there are also aspirated non-continuous obstruents.
Keywords
/h/, obstruent, continuous, non-continuous, aspiration
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Hurch 1988
Source
Hurch 1988: 64
Counterexamples
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    Good examples: Icelandic (Indo-European), Scottish Gaelic of the Hebrides (Indo-European), Sevillian Spanish (Indo-European), Burmese (Burmic, Sino-Tibetan)(Hurch 1988).However, crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.

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