Universal #1719

Legacy number: 1719

 Number  1714
 Original  General Syllabication Law:
A syllabication is the more preferred: (a) the better the resulting syllable contact is and (b) the better that syllable contact is embedded.
 Standardized  General Syllabication Law:
A syllabication is the more preferred: (a) the better the resulting syllable contact is and (b) the better that syllable contact is embedded.
 Keywords  syllable
 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: 64

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Cf. #1714.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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