Universal #212

Legacy number: 212

 Number  212
 Original  IF a language has a vocalic opposition, THEN it has a consonantal opposition.
 Standardized  IF there is a vocalic opposition, THEN there is a consonantal opposition.
 Formula  vocalic opposition ⇒ consonantal opposition
 Keywords  vocalic, consonantal, opposition
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
 Source  Jakobson 1941: 79

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Discussion
Notes
1. Explicitly stated as a universal acquisitional sequence, but can be assumed to be intended also as a universal implication. 2. See discussion in Hawkins (1987).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Explicitly stated as a universal acquisitional sequence, but can be assumed to be intended also as a universal implication.

2. See discussion in Hawkins 1987.