Kohler (1966 a , 1966 b : 346–348) asks whether the syllable is a phonological universal, and concludes negatively. 1 The way to support such a conclusion is not difficult to imagine: the sort of specific objections to the syllable which Kohler raises would, if well-founded, be sufficient to prove his case.
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E Fudge (1969) studied this question.
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