1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1793: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1793: Original N-deletion is preferred preceding fricatives rather than stops. Standardized IF there is nasal deletion preceding stops, THEN there is nasal deletion preceding fricatives. Keywords nasal, deletion, stop, fricative Domain phonology Type implication Status diachronic Quality absolute Basis 8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin Source Foley 1975, Foley 1977, cited in Hajek 1997: 138 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. Examples: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Luganda, Afrikaans, Dutch.2. For a similar universal about consonant weakening and deletion, cf. #1766.3. Cf. also #1776. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP 1. Examples: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Luganda, Afrikaans, Dutch.2. For a similar universal about consonant weakening and deletion, cf. #1766.3. Cf. also #1776. 1. May 2020
1. Examples: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Luganda, Afrikaans, Dutch.2. For a similar universal about consonant weakening and deletion, cf. #1766.3. Cf. also #1776.