Universal #666
Legacy number: 666
| Number | 663 |
| Original | The presence of tag questions with nonrising (or higher pitched or stressed) contours implies also tag questions with rising etc. contours. |
| Standardized | IF there are tag questions with nonrising (or not higher pitched or stressed)contours, THEN there are tag questions with rising (etc.) contours. |
| Formula | tag questions with ¬rising contour ⇒ tag questions with rising contour |
| Keywords | interrogative sentence, tag question, intonation |
| Domain | syntax, prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 79 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978c |
| Source | Ultan 1978c: 230 |
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