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 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
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
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.
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