Universal #713

Legacy number: 713

 Number  710
 Original  When stem-suffix combinations are morphologically less cohesive (i.e. agglutinative), words are given unity by vowel harmony; when stems and endings are morphologically more cohesive (i.e. flective), words are given unity by (a single main) stress accent.
 Standardized  IF morphology is agglutinative, THEN there is vowel harmony.
IF morphology is flexive, THEN there is stress accent.
 Formula  agglutinative ⇒ vowel harmony;
flective ⇒ single main stress accent
 Keywords  agglutination, flexion, vowel harmony, stress accent
 Domain  prosodic phonology, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  ?
 Source  Baudouin de Courtenay 1876, Baudouin de Courtenay 1877, cited in Plank 1998

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Cf. #369.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=369"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">