Universal #815
Legacy number: 815
| Number | 812 |
| Original | Languages with distributive stress have no reduced vowels. |
| Standardized | IF there is distributive stress, THEN there are no reduced vowels. |
| Formula | distributive stress ⇒ ¬ reduced vowel |
| Keywords | stress, distributive, vowel, reduced |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | almost absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Décsy 1987: 50 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Uralic: Yurak (Samoyed), Mordvin (Finnic)
Notes
This is found in most Western Slavic languages, German, Italian, and most Finno-Ugric languages.
Comment
This is found in most Western Slavic languages, German, Italian, and most Finno-Ugric languages.
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