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# Standardized / Original Domain Type Keywords
2000 All grammars leak. phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, etc. unconditional analogy, iconicity, economy, plumbing
2009 When gender agreement is in decline, IF target words other than personal pronouns continue to agree in gender, THEN personal pronouns also continue to agree in gender. inflection, syntax implication agreement, gender, personal pronoun
2033 IF there are contour tones in place X on any of the hierarchies in (a)-(d), THEN there are contour tones also lower on each hierarchy:(a) syllable type: CVV >> CVR >> (CVO) >> CV(b) number of syllables: monosyllabic >> bisyllabic >> polysyllabic(c) prominence: stressed >> unstressed, root >> affix syllable(d) tone: R >> F >> H, L phonology implicational hierarchy tone, contour tone
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