Universal 1502:

Universal 1502:

Original

If there are regular violations of the tonal pattern in imperative or vocative forms, then there is a special redistribution of tones in questions, commands, addresses, emphatic utterances.

Standardized

IF there are regular violations of the tonal pattern in imperative or vocative forms, THEN there is a special redistribution of tones in questions, commands, addresses, emphatic utterances.

Keywords

tone, imperative mood, vocative, interrogative sentence, emphasis, anomaly

Domain

phonology, morphology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

languages mentioned in Uspensky & Zhivov 1977

Source

Uspensky & Zhivov 1973: 33, Uspensky & Zhivov 1977: 15

Counterexamples