Universal 811: cumulative stress ⇒ reduced vowel

Universal 811: cumulative stress ⇒ reduced vowel

Original

Languages with cumulative stress have reduced vowels.

Standardized

IF there is cumulative stress, THEN there are reduced vowels.

Keywords

stress, cumulative, vowel, reduced

Domain

prosodic phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

Décsy 1987: 50

Counterexamples