Universal 2006:

Universal 2006:

Original

If vowel length is contrastive, pitch is the most important cue, intensity the second-most important cue, and duration the least important cue for word stress.
If vowel length is not contrastive, duration is the most important cue for word stress.

If there is contrastive tone, duration is the most important cue for word stress and pitch the least important.

Standardized

When vowel length is contrastive, pitch is the most important cue, intensity the second-most important cue, and duration the least important cue for word stress.When vowel length is not contrastive, duration is the most important cue for word stress.When there is contrastive tone, duration is the most important cue for word stress and pitch the least important.

Keywords

stress, pitch, vowel length, intensity, duration, tone

Domain

prosodic phonology

Type

unconditional

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

???

Source

Wetzels 2001, referring to Berinstein 1979; ultimately Trubetzkoy 1929 [see #2013], and even more ultimately Jakobson 1923, on Czech metrics

Counterexamples