Universal #936

Legacy number: 936

 Number  933
 Original  <img src="../img/graphics/936.gif" alt="">
 Standardized  If there is the syllabic laryngeal ÷§ then there are syllabic obstruent stops.
 Formula 
 Keywords  laryngeal, obstruent, syllabic, consonant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 187

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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.