Universal #1334

Legacy number: 1334

 Number  1330
 Original  Every phonological system contrasts phonemes that are typically stops with phonemes that are never stops.
 Standardized  Every phonological system contrasts phonemes that are typically stops with phonemes that are never stops.
 Keywords  stop, phoneme inventory
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Hockett 1963: 26

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Discussion
Notes
By “phonemes that are never stops” Hockett 1963: 27 means: “phonemes that are stops in slow careful speech or in key environments, though they may be weakened or spirantized in some environments or in faster speech.”
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
By "phonemes that are never stops" Hockett 1963: 27 means: "phonemes that are stops in slow careful speech or in key environments, though they may be weakened or spirantized in some environments or in faster speech."