Universal #1504

Legacy number: 1504

 Number  1500
 Original  Loan words maintain formal anomalies only of those types that are present in other peripheral classes of language. If an anomaly arises from the transition of a nonperipheral element into a peripheral one, then there are already anomalies of this type in the periphery of the given language.
 Standardized  Loan words maintain formal anomalies only of those types that are present in other peripheral classes of language. IF an anomaly arises from the transition of a nonperipheral element into a peripheral one, THEN there are already anomalies of this type in the periphery of the given language.
 Keywords  borrowing
 Domain  phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages mentioned in Uspensky & Zhivov 1977
 Source  Uspensky & Zhivov 1973: 30, Uspensky & Zhivov 1977: 12

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Discussion
Notes
“Element” is a general denotation for various phonological patterns, e.g. phonemes, sequences of phonemes, tones, stress, syllable types (cf. Uspensky & Zhivov 1977: 11-12). ???
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
"Element" is a general denotation for various phonological patterns, e.g. phonemes, sequences of phonemes, tones, stress, syllable types (cf. Uspensky & Zhivov 1977: 11-12). ???