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Universal 1033:

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Universal 1033:

Original
When stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), it may only fall on initial, final, or penultimate syllables.
Standardized
When stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), it may only fall on initial, final, or penultimate syllables.
Keywords
stress, syllable, accent
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
Source
Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 6
Counterexamples

One Comment

  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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