Universal #806

Legacy number: 806

 Number  803
 Original  /h/ precedes primary stressed syllables more often than secondary stressed syllables.
/h/ precedes secondary stressed syllables more often than unstressed syllables.
 Standardized  IF /h/ precedes unstressed syllables, THEN it also precedes secondary stressed syllables.
IF /h/ precedes secondary stressed syllables, THEN it precedes primary stressed syllables.
 Formula  /h/ precedes unstressed syllable ⇒ /h/ precedes secondary stressed syllable ⇒ /h/ precedes primary stressed syllable
 Keywords  /h/, stress, aspiration, syllable, unstressed, primary, secondary
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Hurch 1988
 Source  Hurch 1988: 58

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