Universal 1098: ¬ consonant clusters ⇒ word-final minimum contrast
- Original
- If a language has no consonant clusters, the position of minimum contrast is word-final.
- Standardized
- IF there are no consonant clusters, THEN the position of minimum contrast is word-final.
- Keywords
- consonant cluster
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages in Ferguson 1975
- Source
- Ferguson 1975: 178
- Counterexamples
