Universal #1037

Legacy number: 1037

 Number  1033
 Original  When stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), it may only fall on initial, final, or penultimate syllables.
 Standardized  When stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), it may only fall on initial, final, or penultimate syllables.
 Keywords  stress, syllable, accent
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
 Source  Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 6

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Discussion
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Notes
Accent = phonetic features occurring just once or at most once in the phonological word, with cumulative or demarcative function (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Accent = phonetic features occurring just once or at most once in the phonological word, with cumulative or demarcative function (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976).