Universal #2013

Legacy number: 2013

 Number  2007
 Original  If there is contrastive pitch accent, then there is a vocalic length contrast.
If there is a vocalic length contrast, then there cannot also be contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent.
If there is contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent, then there cannot also be contrastive vowel length.
[i.e., and vice versa]
 Standardized  If there is contrastive pitch accent, then there is a vocalic length contrast.If there is a vocalic length contrast, then there cannot also be contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent.If there is contrastive dynamic (=stress) accent, then there cannot also be contrastive vowel length.[i.e., and vice versa]
 Keywords  pitch, stress, vowel length
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  ???
 Source  Trubetzkoy 1929

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See #2012.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=2012"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">