Universal #1006

Legacy number: 1006

 Number  1002
 Original  Voluntary metatheses imply non-phonological causes.
 Standardized  If a metathesis is synchronically regular, THEN it is not phonologically conditioned.
 Keywords  metathesis
 Domain  phonology, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Ultan Ultan 1978b
 Source  Ultan 1978b: 371

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Discussion
Notes
Give [REFS] on metathesis as a grammatical device.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Give [REFS] on metathesis as a grammatical device.