Universal #284

Legacy number: 284

 Number  283
 Original  It is apparently a universal fact, then, that palatoalveolar sounds develop in child language only after dental sounds.
 Standardized  IF there are palatoalveolar consonants, THEN there are dental consonants.
 Formula  palatovelar ⇒ dental
 Keywords  consonant, palatoalveolar, dental
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
 Source  Jakobson 1941: 47

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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.