Universal #1067
Legacy number: 1067
| Number | 1063 |
| Original | When stress is phonologically predictable (i.e., demarcative), it mostly falls on initial syllables, somewhat less commonly on final syllables or on penultimate syllables, rarely on second syllables, and never on others. |
| Standardized | Provided stress is phonologically predictable (i.e., demarcative), it will most likely fall on initial syllables, somewhat less commonly on final syllables or on penultimate syllables, rarely on second syllables, and never on others. |
| Keywords | stress, syllable |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977 |
| Source | Hyman 1977: 41 |
Discussion
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contains the absolute universal:Phonologically predictable stress on syllables other than initial, final, penult, or second is impossible.
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Phonologically predictable stress on syllables other than initial, final, penult, or second is impossible.