Universal #372
Legacy number: 372
| Number | 371 |
| Original | In a Verb Phrase, main stress should be to the right of Verb in VO languages and to its left in OV languages [because a phrase’s main stress is located on its most deeply embedded constituent, which is ordinarily the innermost complement of the phrase head]. |
| Standardized | IF basic order is VO, THEN main stress in a Verb Phrase is to the right of Verb. IF basic order is OV, THEN main stress in a Verb Phrase is to the left of Verb. |
| Formula | VO ⇒ main stress in a Verb Phrase is to the right of Verb; OV ⇒ main stress in a Verb Phrase is to the left of Verb |
| Keywords | stress, VP, verb, order, object |
| Domain | prosodic phonology, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | ? |
| Source | Cinque 1993: 271, cited in Plank 1996, Plank 1998 |
Discussion
Notes
Note formulation: "... should be ...".For further discussion see: Bing 1980, Deszö 1982, Harling & Bardovi-Harlig 1988, and Kim 1988.
Comment
Note formulation: "... should be ...". For further discussion see: Bing 1980, Deszö 1982, Harling & Bardovi-Harlig 1988, and Kim 1988.
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