Universal #223

Legacy number: 223

 Number  223
 Original  In all languages: if there is a phonemic alternation in root morphemes, then there is a phonemic alternation in non-root morphemes as well.
 Standardized  IF there are phonemic alternations in root morphemes, THEN there are [the same?] phonemic alternations in non-root morphemes as well.
 Keywords  root, non-root, alternation
 Domain  phonology, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Glazov

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Discussion
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Shouldn't this be the other way round?
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Shouldn't this be the other way round?