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1. May 2020
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Universal 818:

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Universal 818:

Original
Standardized
Normal hierarchy of increasing markedness in vowels: /E / ⇒ /a/ ⇒ /e/ ⇒ /i/ ⇒ /ü/ ⇒ /ö/ ⇒ /œ / (front set), /E / ⇒ /a/ ⇒ /o/ ⇒ /u/ (back set).
Keywords
hierarchy, markedness, vowel
Domain
phonology
Type
implicational hierarchy
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
unspecified
Source
Décsy 1987: 67
Counterexamples
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    Thus:If there is x in the inventory, then there will also be x-1.

    1. May 2020

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