Universal #290
Legacy number: 290
| Number | 289 |
| Original | Prevocalic aspiration is typologically more frequent than postconsonantal aspiration. |
| Standardized | IF there is postconsonantal aspiration, THEN there is prevocalic aspiration. |
| Formula | postconsonantal aspiration ⇒ prevocalic aspiration; <img src="../img/graphics/290.gif" alt=""> |
| Keywords | /h/, aspiration, consonant, vowel |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Hurch 1988 |
| Source | Hurch 1988: 66 |
Discussion
Notes
However, 'being crosslinguistically more frequent' is not perforce equivalent with 'implies'.
Comment
However, 'being crosslinguistically more frequent' is not perforce equivalent with 'implies'.
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