Universal 710: agglutinative ⇒ vowel harmony;
flective ⇒ single main stress accent

Universal 710: agglutinative ⇒ vowel harmony;
flective ⇒ single main stress accent

Original

When stem-suffix combinations are morphologically less cohesive (i.e. agglutinative), words are given unity by vowel harmony; when stems and endings are morphologically more cohesive (i.e. flective), words are given unity by (a single main) stress accent.

Standardized

IF morphology is agglutinative, THEN there is vowel harmony.
IF morphology is flexive, THEN there is stress accent.

Keywords

agglutination, flexion, vowel harmony, stress accent

Domain

prosodic phonology, morphology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

?

Source

Baudouin de Courtenay 1876, Baudouin de Courtenay 1877, cited in Plank 1998

Counterexamples