Universal #848

Legacy number: 848

 Number  845
 Original  In initial clusters, the presence of at least one combination of stop + stop implies the presence of at least one combination of stop + fricative.
 Standardized  In initial clusters, IF there is at least one combination of stop + stop, THEN there is at least one combination of stop + fricative.
 Keywords  consonant cluster, initial, stop, fricative
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964
 Source  Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 15, Greenberg 1978e: 254, #7]

← Back to Universals Archive

Discussion
Counterexamples
Notes
Cf. #848
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=848"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">