Universal #927

Legacy number: 927

 Number  924
 Original  If in a given language, stressed syllabic consonants become non-syllabic or are lost, then nonstressed syllabic consonants have become nonsyllabic or have been lost.
 Standardized  IF stressed syllabic consonants become non-syllabic or are lost, THEN nonstressed syllabic consonants have become nonsyllabic or have been lost.
 Formula 
 Keywords  consonant, syllabic, stress
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 162

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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.