Universal #224

Legacy number: 224

 Number  224
 Original  The first consonantal opposition is that of nasal and oral stop, which is followed by the opposition of labials and dentals.
 Standardized  IF there is an opposition labials vs. dentals, THEN there is an opposition of nasal vs. oral stops as well.
 Formula  labial/dental stops ⇒ nasal /oral stops
 Keywords  labials, dentals, nasal, oral, stop
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
 Source  Jakobson 1941: 47-48

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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.