Universal #1969

Legacy number: 1969

 Number  1963
 Original  Stem: CV << CVS << CVC<br>Cluster: C << CV << CC
 Standardized  For both stems and consonant clusters, IF less sonorant consonant combinations are permissible, THEN the corresponding more sonorant consonant combinations are also permissible:
CVC > CVS > CV
CC > CS > C
 Keywords  phonotactics, sonority, stem, consonant cluster
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implicational hierarchy
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  impressions
 Source  Butskhrikidze 2002: 68-69

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Discussion
Notes
1. C = obstruent, S = sonorant, V = vowel.2. Follows from the Principles of Sonority Sequencing and Resolvability.3. See #1963, which claims an implication between clusters and stems:CC > CVC, CS > CVS, C > CV (?)
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. C = obstruent, S = sonorant, V = vowel.

2. Follows from the Principles of Sonority Sequencing and Resolvability.

3. See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1963"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, which claims an implication between clusters and stems: CC > CVC, CS > CVS, C > CV (?)