Universal #1070

Legacy number: 1070

 Number  1066
 Original  Syllables tend to weaken more after stress than before stress.
 Standardized  IF syllables tend to weaken before stress, THEN they also weaken after stress.
 Keywords  stress, syllable
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977
 Source  Hyman 1977: 46

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