Universal 807:
- Original
- The more complex a phonemic category is, the weaker is its capacity to split.
- Standardized
- IF a phonemic category is complex, THEN its capacity to split is weak.
IF a phonemic category is simple, THEN its capacity to split is strong. - Keywords
- phoneme, complexity
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- mutual implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
- Source
- Jakobson 1941: 91
- Counterexamples