Universal #1243
Legacy number: 1243
| Number | 1239 |
| Original | Word-Terminal Condition: if an intersyllabic sequence is divisible into occurring word-initial and word-final clusters, then the perceived boundary does not fall between non-occurring clusters. |
| Standardized | Word-Terminal Condition: IF an intersyllabic sequence is divisible into occurring word-initial and word-final clusters, THEN the perceived boundary does not fall between non-occurring clusters. |
| Keywords | syllable, consonant cluster |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 144 languages in Bell 1971 |
| Source | Bell 1971: 44 |
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