Month: May 2020

Universal 765: Original When … the injective in the dental or alveolar position has become retracted and/or retroflexed, there is a tendency for its glottalic…

Universal 764: unvoiced ejective ⇒ plain stop Original … unvoiced ejectives never exist without plain stops. Standardized IF there are unvoiced ejectives, THEN there will…

Universal 763: Original A voiced injective stop … has an effect identical with or more similar to that of ordinary breathy or voiced consonants, i.e.…

Universal 762: Original Injectives tend not to cluster with plain consonants. Standardized Injectives tend not to cluster with plain consonants. Keywords injective, consonant cluster Domain…

Universal 761: Original Syllabic initial position is favoured for glottalic consonants in general. Standardized IF there are glottalic consonants in positions other than syllable-initial, THEN…

Universal 760: Original … palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency to be replaced by alveopalatal affricates. Standardized Palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency…

Universal 759: Original Standardized IF there are bilabial, alveolar, and palatal implosives,THEN ¿y is used in place of the expected palatal stop. Keywords implosive, stop,…

Universal 758: Original A recurrent feature of injectives which deserves special mention and treatment is that the injective corresponding to a noninjective dental is often…

Universal 757: Original … the generalization that the presence of at least one posterior (compact) injective implies the presence of at least one anterior (diffuse)…

Universal 756: Original I know of no language with more than four injective obstruents. Standardized There are at most four injective obstruents. Keywords consonant, obstruent,…