Universal #816
Legacy number: 816
| Number | 813 |
| Original | In regard to sibilants there is a strong tendency for different types of sibilants not to combine. If it occurs, then it is with morpheme boundary. |
| Standardized | Sibilants of different types tend not to cluster, or only across morpheme boundaries. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, final, sibilant, morpheme boundary |
| Domain | phonology, morphology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964 |
| Source | Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 17-18, Greenberg 1978e: 257] |
Discussion
Counterexamples
1. Shilha (Berber) (Greenberg 1965: 18, 1978e: 257). 2. Dialectal Hungarian does have the proscribed sequence of two sibilants in forms like olvaszc [olvass] (you (are) reading), where -sz is a 2nd person suffix. It is true on the other hand, that most dialects and the standard language use a suppletive suffix -Vl after sibilants, here olvasol. (Hetzron 1980: 263)
Notes
Cf. #861.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=861"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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