Universal #1049

Legacy number: 1049

 Number  1045
 Original  When tonal contrasts are neutralized in certain syllables, stress seems invariably to be involved, with tone neutralized in unstressed syllables.
 Standardized  IF tonal contrasts are neutralized in certain syllables, THEN it occurs in unstressed syllables.
 Keywords  tone, stress, syllable
 Domain  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: 9

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Discussion
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Notes
The neutralization of tone in unstressed syllables is but a further instance of the neutralizations in other phonetic aspects, e.g. vowel quantity, vowel quality, which may occur in unstressed syllables (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 9).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The neutralization of tone in unstressed syllables is but a further instance of the neutralizations in other phonetic aspects, e.g. vowel quantity, vowel quality, which may occur in unstressed syllables (Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 9).