Universal #1046

Legacy number: 1046

 Number  1042
 Original  When length distinctions are limited to certain positions in the word, these always include or are even confined to the stressed syllable.
 Standardized  When length distinctions are limited to certain positions in the word, these always include or are even confined to the stressed syllable.
 Keywords  stress, length, word, 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: 10

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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).