Author: FP

Universal 1032: Original Morphemically simple phonological words never have more than one main stress. Standardized Morphemically simple phonological words never have more than one main…

Universal 1033: Original When stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), it may only fall on initial, final, or penultimate…

Universal 1034: Original Morphemically simple words must have one main stress. Standardized Morphemically simple words must have one main stress. Keywords stress, accent Domain prosodic…

Universal 1035: Original When stress is phonologically predictable and limited to certain syllables (i.e., does not always fall on the same syllable), the potentially stressable…

Universal 1036: Original When stress is phonologically predictable and unlimited, the relevant syllables may only be identified in terms of heaviness or open/peripheral vowel quality,…

Universal 1037: Original When stress is not phonologically predictable (i.e., when it is phonemic, fulfilling grammatical or lexical functions) and limited to certain syllables (i.e.…

Universal 1038: Original When secondary stress is phonological, it most frequently involves alternations of weak stress (unstressed?) with secondary stress (so the the favourite position…

Universal 1039: Original Root accent is systematically favoured over inflectional accent. Standardized Root accent is systematically favoured over inflectional accent. Keywords root, affix, accent Domain…

Universal 1040: Original Concerning the relation of word prosody to phrase prosody: Word accent of the final syllable is lost unless phrase final, whereas internal…

Universal 1041: Original If stress is phonologically predictable and automatic (i.e., always on the same syllable), then there are phonemic distinctions of vowel quantity. Standardized…