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Universal 1041:
Original
If stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), then there are phonemic distinctions of vowel quantity.
Standardized
IF stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), THEN there are phonemic distinctions of vowel quantity.
Keywords
stress, vowel, quantity, accent
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
Source
Greenberg & Kaschube 1976 : 6
Counterexamples
Possible counterexample: Usila Chinantec (Oto-Manguean) which is tonal (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976).
Accent = phonetic features occurring just once or at most once in the phonological word, with cumulative or demarcative function (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976).