Universal #2012
Legacy number: 2012
| Number | 2006 |
| Original | If vowel length is contrastive, pitch is the most important cue, intensity the second-most important cue, and duration the least important cue for word stress. If vowel length is not contrastive, duration is the most important cue for word stress. If there is contrastive tone, duration is the most important cue for word stress and pitch the least important. |
| Standardized | When vowel length is contrastive, pitch is the most important cue, intensity the second-most important cue, and duration the least important cue for word stress.When vowel length is not contrastive, duration is the most important cue for word stress.When there is contrastive tone, duration is the most important cue for word stress and pitch the least important. |
| Keywords | stress, pitch, vowel length, intensity, duration, tone |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | ??? |
| Source | Wetzels 2001, referring to Berinstein 1979; ultimately Trubetzkoy 1929 [see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?number=2013">#2013], and even more ultimately Jakobson 1923, on Czech metrics |
Discussion
Notes
See #2013.
Comment
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