Universal 956:
- Original
- The presence of C1C2 makes -C2C1 as likely or more likely than -C1C2
- Standardized
- The presence of C1C2– makes -C2C1 as likely as or more likely than -C1C2.
- Keywords
- phonotactics, consonant cluster
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- unconditional
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- unspecified
- Source
- Saporta 1963: 68
- Counterexamples
Is supposed to illustrate “the general principle of economy whereby the presence of the complex pattern implies the presence of the more simple one”.