Author: FP

Universal 1252: Original Front consonants are less prone to develop in accordance with consonant gradation than back consonants. Standardized Front consonants are less prone to…

Universal 1253: Original Anterior consonants are less likely to participate in consonant gradation than posterior consonants. Standardized Anterior consonants are less likely to participate in…

Universal 1254: Original Labiovelar stops are less likely to participate in consonant gradation than other stops of the same series. Standardized Labiovelar stops are less…

Universal 1255: Original The less sonorous a vowel (or class of vowels), the more prone it will be to assimilate; and conversely, the more sonorous…

Universal 1256: Original High vowels tend to assimilate more readily and earlier than low vowels. Standardized High vowels tend to assimilate more readily and earlier…

Universal 1257: Original Assimilation of low vowels implies prior assimilation of high vowels. Standardized IF there is assimilation of low vowels, THEN there is assimilation…

Universal 1258: Original Unstressed vowels are more likely to assimilate than stressed vowels. Standardized Unstressed vowels are more likely to assimilate than stressed vowels. Keywords…

Universal 1259: Original When an otherwise harmonizing unstressed vowel becomes stressed due to intonational factors, then it can no longer harmonize. Standardized IF an otherwise…

Universal 1260: Original The less the phonetic distance between opposing members of potential vowel grades, the more prone they will be to harmonize. Standardized The…

Universal 1261: assimilation of vowels with high tone ⇒ assimilation of vowels with low tone Original Assimilation of vowels with high tone implies assimilation of…