Universal #1069

Legacy number: 1069

 Number  1065
 Original  No language has a rule which (i) places stress on antepenultimate syllables, but (ii) fails to place a stress on words consisting of only one or two syllables.
 Standardized  IF there is a rule placing stress on antepenultimate syllables, THEN there is stress on words consisting of only one or two syllables.
 Keywords  stress, syllable
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977
 Source  Hyman 1977: 72

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