Universal #960

Legacy number: 960

 Number  957
 Original  For languages with phonemic stress, the presence of n unstressed syllables flanking a stressed syllable implies the presence of n -1 unstressed syllables.
 Standardized  When there is phonemic stress, IF there are n unstressed syllables flanking a stressed syllable, THEN there are n -1 unstressed syllables.
 Keywords  stress, syllable
 Domain  prosodic phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Saporta 1963: 68

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Is supposed to illustrate "the general principle of economy whereby the presence of the complex pattern implies the presence of the more simple one".???
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Is supposed to illustrate "the general principle of economy whereby the presence of the complex pattern implies the presence of the more simple one". ???