Universal #1802
Legacy number: 1802
| Number | 1797 |
| Original | Preferential Vowel-Lengthening Parameter: Vowel lengthening preferably occurs before the cluster nasal + fricative than nasal + stop. Vowel lengthening preferably occurs before the cluster nasal + voiceless stop than nasal + voiced stop. |
| Standardized | IF vowels preceding clusters nasal + stop are lengthened, THEN vowels preceding clusters fricative + stop are lengthened. IF vowels preceding clusters nasal + voiced stop are lengthened, THEN vowels preceding clusters nasal + stop are lengthened. |
| Keywords | vowel, length, nasal, stop, cluster |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin |
| Source | Foley 1975, Foley 1977, mentioned in Hajek 1997: 138 |
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