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Universal 929: syllabic stops V syllabic affricates ⇒ syllabic fricatives

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Universal 929: syllabic stops V syllabic affricates ⇒ syllabic fricatives

Original
If a language contains syllabic stops or affricates, it contains syllabic fricatives.
Standardized
IF there are syllabic stops or affricates, THEN there are syllabic fricatives.
Keywords
stop, affricate, fricative, syllabic, consonant
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
85 language sample in Bell 1978
Source
Bell 1978: 182
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

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