Skip to content

Universal 922:

Posted in Universals Archive

Universal 922:

Original
If in a given language a syllabic consonant occurs in the phonological context X in root morphemes, then it occurs also in other morphemes, given that they contain the context X.
Standardized
IF a syllabic consonant occurs in the phonological context X in root morphemes, THEN it occurs also in other morphemes, given that they contain the context X.
Keywords
consonant, syllabic, root, morpheme
Domain
phonology, morphology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute? Bell admits counterexamples may have been missed.
Basis
85 language sample in Bell 1978
Source
Bell 1978: 160
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.

    1. May 2020

Comments are closed.