Universal #1077
Legacy number: 1077
| Number | 1073 |
| Original | Syllabification across a word boundary may be less likely in a language with initial stress than in a language with final stress. |
| Standardized | Syllabification across a word boundary may be less likely in a language with initial stress than in a language with final stress. |
| Keywords | stress, syllabification, word boundary |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977 |
| Source | Hyman 1977: 55 |
Discussion
Notes
IF syllabification across word boundaries is possible, THEN word stress is likelier to be final than initial.
Comment
IF syllabification across word boundaries is possible, THEN word stress is likelier to be final than initial.
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