Universal #1971

Legacy number: 1971

 Number  1965
 Original  The Compensatory Principle:
The co-occurrence patterns of hetero-organic consonants across a vowel are such that if the first consonant is more sonorous than the second according to laryngeal specification, then the second consonant will be more sonorous according to place of articulation; if the first consonant is more sonorous than the second according to place of articulation, then the second will be more sonorous according to laryngeal specification.
 Standardized  The Compensatory Principle:
The co-occurrence patterns of hetero-organic consonants across a vowel are such that if the first consonant is more sonorous than the second according to laryngeal specification, then the second consonant will be more sonorous according to place of articulation; if the first consonant is more sonorous than the second according to place of articulation, then the second will be more sonorous according to laryngeal specification.
 Keywords  phonotactics, consonant, sonority
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  a Kartveloversal rather than a universal
 Basis  Georgian and other Kartvelian lgs; impressions elsewhere
 Source  Melikishvili 1997: 57, Butskhrikidze 2002: 116-118

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Discussion
Notes
Melikishvili proposes this as a generalization for Kartvelian, Butskhrikidze suggests it might be more general, being an instantiation of Sonority Sequencing.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Melikishvili proposes this as a generalization for Kartvelian, Butskhrikidze suggests it might be more general, being an instantiation of Sonority Sequencing.