Universal #1257

Legacy number: 1257

 Number  1253
 Original  Anterior consonants are less likely to participate in consonant gradation than posterior consonants.
 Standardized  Anterior consonants are less likely to participate in consonant gradation than posterior consonants.
 Keywords  consonant gradation
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 48 languages in Ultan 1970
 Source  Ultan 1970: C20

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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).