Universal #814

Legacy number: 814

 Number  811
 Original  Languages with cumulative stress have reduced vowels.
 Standardized  IF there is cumulative stress, THEN there are reduced vowels.
 Formula  cumulative stress ⇒ reduced vowel
 Keywords  stress, cumulative, vowel, reduced
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Décsy 1987: 50

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Discussion
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Good examples: English (Germanic) and Russian (Slavic).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Good examples: English (Germanic) and Russian (Slavic).