Universal #1713

Legacy number: 1713

 Number  1708
 Original  The Strength Assimilation Law:
If Consonantal Strength is assimilated in a syllable contact, the Consonantal Strength of the stronger speech sound decreases.
 Standardized  The Strength Assimilation Law:
If Consonantal Strength is assimilated in a syllable contact, the Consonantal Strength of the stronger speech sound decreases.
 Keywords  syllable, consonant, strength, sonority, phonotactics
 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: 33

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Discussion
Counterexamples
There are probably many exceptions of the regressive part of the universal.
Notes
Represents a generalization of Murray's Progressive Assimilation Law:In progressive assimilation, the speech sound with lesser Consonantal Strength dominates (Murray 1982).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Represents a generalization of Murray's Progressive Assimilation Law:
In progressive assimilation, the speech sound with lesser Consonantal Strength dominates (Murray 1982).