Universal #1047

Legacy number: 1047

 Number  1043
 Original  When there are limitations regarding the number of long vowels in a word, they invariably involve end and/or initial reckoning.
 Standardized  When there are limitations regarding the number of long vowels in a word, they invariably involve end and/or initial reckoning.
 Keywords  vowel, length, 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: 19

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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).