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Universal 224: labial/dental stops ⇒ nasal /oral stops

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Universal 224: labial/dental stops ⇒ nasal /oral stops

Original
The first consonantal opposition is that of nasal and oral stop, which is followed by the opposition of labials and dentals.
Standardized
IF there is an opposition labials vs. dentals, THEN there is an opposition of nasal vs. oral stops as well.
Keywords
labials, dentals, nasal, oral, stop
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
Source
Jakobson 1941: 47-48
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Explicitly stated as a universal acquisitional sequence, but can be assumed to be intended also as a universal implication. 2. See discussion in Hawkins (1987).

    1. May 2020

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