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Universal 660:

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Universal 660:

Original
There is no reduplication pattern that would involve reference to phonological properties other than syllable number, consonantality-vowelhood, and absolute linear position.
Standardized
There is no reduplication pattern that would involve reference to phonological properties other than syllable number, consonantality-vowelhood, and absolute linear position.
Keywords
reduplication
Domain
phonology, morphology
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978c
Source
Moravcsik 1978c: 315
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Moravcsik mentions (1978: 315, fn. 9) that it is possible that stress is significant in some languages in determining which part of the stem be reduplicated. This is particularly likely in instances of internal reduplication, such as in Samoan (Polynesian).

    1. May 2020

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