Universal #385
Legacy number: 385
| Number | 384 |
| Original | If in a language topic-comment structure is coded by intonation, then primary stress always falls inside the focus. |
| Standardized | IF topic-comment structure is coded by intonation, THEN primary stress always falls inside the focus. |
| Keywords | topic, comment, intonation, focus |
| Domain | syntax, prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210 |
| Source | Gundel 1988: 232 |
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