nonesuch 20: Foot Harmony:
If at least one foot of a word constitutes a canonical /∪’- / iamb,
then all feet of the word are made iambic; otherwise all feet are made trochaic
- Where found
- Yidiny (Pama-Nyungan, Australian)
- Domain
- phonology
- Subdomain
- foot structure
- Keywords
- iamb, trochee, foot harmony
- Type
- nonesuch
- Universals violated
- Source
- Dixon 1977 [Linguistic Inquiry]
Hayes, Bruce (1995). Metrical Stress Theory: Principles and Case Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
