Universal #457

Legacy number: 457

 Number  456
 Original  /h/ occurs more often in absolute initial position than in relative initial position.
/h/ occurs more often in relative initial position than in syllable-initial position.
 Standardized  IF /h/ occurs in syllable-initial position, THEN it also occurs in relative initial position.
IF /h/ occurs in relative initial position, THEN it occurs in absolute initial position.
 Formula  /h/ occurs in syllable-initial position ⇒ /h/ occurs in relative initial position ⇒
/h/ occurs in absolute initial position; or $hV ⇒ #hV=>##hV
 Keywords  /h/, aspiration, syllable
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Hurch 1988
 Source  Hurch 1988: 60

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Discussion
Notes
However, crosslinguistic frequency is not equivalent to implication.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
However, crosslinguistic frequency is not equivalent to implication.