Universal #208

Legacy number: 208

 Number  208
 Original  OV languages are characterized by pitch accent.
VO languages tend to have stress accent accompanied by reduction of unstressed vowels.
 Standardized  IF basic order is OV, THEN there will be pitch accent.
IF basic order is VO, THEN there will be stress accent, accompanied by reduction of unstressed vowels.
 Formula  OV ⇒ pitch accent;
VO ⇒ stress accent
 Keywords  order, VO, OV, pitch accent, stress, vowel reduction
 Domain  phonology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of Lehmann 1973
 Source  culled from W. P.Lehmann 1973, W. P.Lehmann 1974, W. P.Lehmann 1978 a-d by Plank 1996, Plank 1998

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