1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1862: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1862: Original The acute/grave opposition of compact nasal consonants implies an identical opposition of compact oral stops. Standardized IF there is a acute/grave opposition of compact nasal consonants, THEN there is an identical opposition of compact oral stops. Keywords consonant, nasal, oral, compact, acute, grave Domain phonology Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis unspecified Source Jakobson 1963: 265-6, cited in Uspensky 1965: 193 Counterexamples It is possible to analyse certain varieties of Brazilian Portuguese so as to violate this generalization (Hockett 1963: 25). Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP i.e. a language does not have nasal continuants at more contrsating positions of articulation than it has stops of some one manner of articulation (Hockett 1963: 25). 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP i.e. a language does not have nasal continuants at more contrsating positions of articulation than it has stops of some one manner of articulation (Hockett 1963: 25). 1. May 2020
i.e. a language does not have nasal continuants at more contrsating positions of articulation than it has stops of some one manner of articulation (Hockett 1963: 25).