Universal #1708
Legacy number: 1708
| Number | 1703 |
| Original | It follows from the Coda and Nucleus Laws (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1706"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1707"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) that a syllable will be the more preferred, the less the Consonantal Strength of its offset is. |
| Standardized | A syllable will be the more preferred, the less the Consonantal Strength of its offset is. (Corrollary of the Coda and Nucleus Laws (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1706"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1707"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">)) |
| Keywords | syllable, coda, nucleus, consonant, strength |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Vennemann 1988, with special reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin |
| Source | Vennemann 1988: 12 |
Discussion
Notes
Vennemann’s PREFERENCE LAWS (1988: 2-3):Diachronic Maxim:Linguistic change on a given parameter does not affect a language structure as long as there exist structures in the language system that are less preferred in terms of the relevant preference law.Synchronic Maxim:A language system will in general not contain a structure on a given parameter without containing those structures constructible with the means of the system that are more preferred in terms of the relevant preference law.
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Diachronic Maxim:
Linguistic change on a given parameter does not affect a language structure as long as there exist structures in the language system that are less preferred in terms of the relevant preference law.
Synchronic Maxim:
A language system will in general not contain a structure on a given parameter without containing those structures constructible with the means of the system that are more preferred in terms of the relevant preference law.