Universal 1009:
- Original
- Accent on the third syllable from the left edge and on the fourth syllable from the right edge are unattested patterns in quantity-insensitive bound systems.
- Standardized
- IF accent is on the third syllable from the left edge, THEN the system is not quantity-insensitive bound.
OR, BY CONTRAPOSITION:
IF the system is quantity-insensitive bound, THEN accent is not on the third syllable from the left edge. - Keywords
- accent, stress, quantity, syllable
- Domain
- prosodic phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages in van der Hulst 1999
- Source
- van der Hulst 1999: 22
- Counterexamples
- Azkoitia Basque (isolate) has a postpostinitial accent (Hualde 1998)
