Universal #932

Legacy number: 932

 Number  929
 Original  If a language contains syllabic stops or affricates, it contains syllabic fricatives.
 Standardized  IF there are syllabic stops or affricates, THEN there are syllabic fricatives.
 Formula  syllabic stops V syllabic affricates ⇒ syllabic fricatives
 Keywords  stop, affricate, fricative, syllabic, consonant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 182

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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.