Universal #1255

Legacy number: 1255

 Number  1251
 Original  When consonant gradation plays a role in the grammar, it serves the function to identify nouns.
 Standardized  IF consonant gradation plays a role in the grammar, THEN it serves the function to identify nouns.
 Keywords  consonant gradation
 Domain  phonology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 48 languages in Ultan 1970
 Source  Ultan 1970: C9

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Discussion
Notes
Consonant gradation refers to the systematic occurrence of consonant alternation which has no grammatical function (consonant change) or which does (consonant mutation). (Ultan 1970: C1).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Consonant gradation refers to the systematic occurrence of consonant alternation which has no grammatical function (consonant change) or which does (consonant mutation). (Ultan 1970: C1).