Universal 2007:

Universal 2007:

Original

If there is contrastive pitch accent, then there is a vocalic length contrast.
If there is a vocalic length contrast, then there cannot also be contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent.
If there is contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent, then there cannot also be contrastive vowel length.
[i.e., and vice versa]

Standardized

If there is contrastive pitch accent, then there is a vocalic length contrast.If there is a vocalic length contrast, then there cannot also be contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent.If there is contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent, then there cannot also be contrastive vowel length.[i.e., and vice versa]

Keywords

pitch, stress, vowel length

Domain

prosodic phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

???

Source

Trubetzkoy 1929

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