Universal 887: agglutinative ⇒ pitch accent;
flexive ⇒ stress accent

Universal 887: agglutinative ⇒ pitch accent;
flexive ⇒ stress accent

Original

If a language is agglutinative, then accent is primarily pitch.
If a language is flexive, then the accent is primarily stress.

Standardized

IF morphology is agglutinative, THEN accent is primarily pitch.
IF morphology is flexive, THEN the accent is primarily stress.

Keywords

agglutination, flexion, accent, pitch, stress

Domain

prosodic phonology, morphology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

?

Source

Neustupny 1959, Neustupny 1966, Neustupny 1978, as summarized in Plank 1998

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