Universal #1051

Legacy number: 1051

 Number  1047
 Original  If there is tonal ascent, then there is also tonal descent.
 Standardized  IF there is tonal ascent, THEN there is also tonal descent.
 Keywords  tone, contour
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
 Source  Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 11

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Discussion
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Notes
This is to account for patterns such as: downdrift; terrace tone systems; only pitch drop may function as accent, not pitch rise. Cf. Hyman 1977: 43: a pitch fall is more basic as a strategy in the realization of stress than is a pitch rise.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
This is to account for patterns such as: downdrift; terrace tone systems; only pitch drop may function as accent, not pitch rise. Cf. <r>Hyman 1977v: 43: a pitch fall is more basic as a strategy in the realization of stress than is a pitch rise.