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Universal 457: h V [ +pal ] ⇒ h V [ +vel ] ;

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Universal 457: h V [ +pal ] ⇒ h V [ +vel ] ;

Original
/h/ is more likely to occur preceding a velar vowel than a palatal vowel.
Standardized
IF /h/ precedes a palatal vowel, THEN it also precedes a velar vowel.
Keywords
/h/, vowel, aspiration, velar, palatal
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Hurch 1988
Source
Hurch 1988: 60
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    However, crosslinguistic frequency is not equivalent to implication.

    1. May 2020

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