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Universal 720:

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Universal 720:

Original
A language which permits successive shifts of tone level in opposite directions within a word permits words with only one shift of tone level.
Standardized
IF successive shifts of tone level in opposite directions within a word are permitted, THEN words with only one shift of tone level are permitted as well.
Keywords
tone, level shift
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages in Maddieson 1978
Source
Maddieson 1978: 345
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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