Universal #1045

Legacy number: 1045

 Number  1041
 Original  If stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), then there are phonemic distinctions of vowel quantity.
 Standardized  IF stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), THEN there are phonemic distinctions of vowel quantity.
 Keywords  stress, vowel, quantity, accent
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
 Source  Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 6

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Possible counterexample: Usila Chinantec (Oto-Manguean) which is tonal (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976).
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).