Universal #1720

Legacy number: 1720

 Number  1715
 Original  Higher Order Law:
All syllabic complexities are less disfavoured in stressed syllables than in unstressed syllables.
 Standardized  Higher Order Law:
All syllabic complexities are less disfavoured in stressed syllables than in unstressed syllables.
 Keywords  syllable, complexity, stress
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Vennemann 1988, with special reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin
 Source  Vennemann 1988: 58

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