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Universal 1714:

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Universal 1714:

Original
General Syllabication Law:
A syllabication is the more preferred: (a) the better the resulting syllable contact is and (b) the better that syllable contact is embedded.
Standardized
General Syllabication Law:
A syllabication is the more preferred: (a) the better the resulting syllable contact is and (b) the better that syllable contact is embedded.
Keywords
syllable
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: 64
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #1714.

    1. May 2020

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