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Universal 1065:

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Universal 1065:

Original
No language has a rule which (i) places stress on antepenultimate syllables, but (ii) fails to place a stress on words consisting of only one or two syllables.
Standardized
IF there is a rule placing stress on antepenultimate syllables, THEN there is stress on words consisting of only one or two syllables.
Keywords
stress, syllable
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977
Source
Hyman 1977: 72
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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