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Universal 1259:

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Universal 1259:

Original
When an otherwise harmonizing unstressed vowel becomes stressed due to intonational factors, then it can no longer harmonize.
Standardized
IF an otherwise harmonizing unstressed vowel becomes stressed due to intonational factors, THEN it can no longer harmonize.
Keywords
assimilation, vowel harmony, stress, intonation
Domain
phonology
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic, diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Ultan 1973
Source
Ultan 1973: 48
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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