Universal #925

Legacy number: 925

 Number  922
 Original  If in a given language a syllabic consonant occurs in the phonological context X in root morphemes, then it occurs also in other morphemes, given that they contain the context X.
 Standardized  IF a syllabic consonant occurs in the phonological context X in root morphemes, THEN it occurs also in other morphemes, given that they contain the context X.
 Formula 
 Keywords  consonant, syllabic, root, morpheme
 Domain  phonology, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute? Bell admits counterexamples may have been missed.
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 160

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Discussion
Notes
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182. The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.