Universal #1792
Legacy number: 1792
| Number | 1787 |
| Original | Vowel Length Parameter: Vowel nasalization and N-deletion, as seperate and successive processes, occur preferentially in the context of long vowels before spreading to short vowels. |
| Standardized | Vowel Length Parameter: Vowel nasalization and N-deletion, as seperate and successive processes, occur preferentially in the context of long vowels before spreading to short vowels. |
| Formula | |
| Keywords | nasalization, nasal, deletion, vowel, length |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | survey of 600 Chinese dialects in Chen 1974; 8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance(Taveschan dialect); Latin (Hajek 1997) |
| Source | Chen 1974, cited in Hajek 1997: 88 |
Discussion
Notes
For a more specific version of this universal, cf. #1773.
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For a more specific version of this universal, cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1773"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
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