Universal #1764

Legacy number: 1764

 Number  1759
 Original  Vowels are shorter before voiceless obstruents than before voiced obstruents or sonorants.
 Standardized  Vowels are shorter before voiceless obstruents than before voiced obstruents or sonorants.
 Keywords  vowel, voice, obstruent, sonorant, length
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  ?
 Source  Chen 1970, cited in Keating 1985: 120

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Polish (W. Slavic, IE) (Keating 1979), Czech (W. Slavic, IE), Saudi Arabic (Semitic) (Flege 1979)
Notes
Chen claims this durational difference as an absolute universal, whereas Keating argues it as statistical.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Chen claims this durational difference as an absolute universal, whereas Keating argues it as statistical.