Universal #1717

Legacy number: 1717

 Number  1712
 Original  The Attractiveness of Bodies:
A body is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the preceding syllable, (b) the shorter it is, and (c) the less the Consonantal Strength of its elements is, especially towards its onset.
 Standardized  The Attractiveness of Bodies:
A body is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the preceding syllable, (b) the shorter it is, and (c) the less the Consonantal Strength of its elements is, especially towards its onset.
 Keywords  syllable, head, nucleus, accent, consonant, strength, sonority
 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: 63

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Discussion
Notes
Body of a syllable = union of its head and nucleus
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Body of a syllable = union of its head and nucleus