Universal #959

Legacy number: 959

 Number  956
 Original  The presence of C1C2 makes -C2C1 as likely or more likely than -C1C2
 Standardized  The presence of C1C2- makes -C2C1 as likely as or more likely than -C1C2.
 Formula 
 Keywords  phonotactics, consonant cluster
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Saporta 1963: 68

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Discussion
Notes
Is supposed to illustrate "the general principle of economy whereby the presence of the complex pattern implies the presence of the more simple one".
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Is supposed to illustrate "the general principle of economy whereby the presence of the complex pattern implies the presence of the more simple one".