Universal 1712:

Universal 1712:

Original

The Attractiveness of Bodies:
A body is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the preceding syllable, (b) the shorter it is, and (c) the less the Consonantal Strength of its elements is, especially towards its onset.

Standardized

The Attractiveness of Bodies:
A body is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the preceding syllable, (b) the shorter it is, and (c) the less the Consonantal Strength of its elements is, especially towards its onset.

Keywords

syllable, head, nucleus, accent, consonant, strength, sonority

Domain

phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages mentioned in Vennemann 1988, with special reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin

Source

Vennemann 1988: 63

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