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Universal 1029:

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Universal 1029:

Original
It is these three features – stress, tone and length (with the possible addition of … glottalization) – which function accentually and no others.
Standardized
It is these three features – stress, tone and length (with the possible addition of glottalization) – which function accentually and no others.
Keywords
stress, tone, length, accent, glottalization
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
Source
Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 3
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP

    ACCENT = phonetic features occurring just once or at most once in the phonological word, with cumulative or demarcative function (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976).

    1. May 2020

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