Universal 930:
- Original
- Standardized
- IF there are syllabic obstruents, THEN there will be syllabic s§ or s§‡ (given that there is nonsyllabic s or s‡).
- Keywords
- obstruent, /s/, syllabic, consonant
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- no genuine implication; rather: provided that
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 85 language sample in Bell 1978
- Source
- Bell 1978: 183
- Counterexamples
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.