Universal 208: OV ⇒ pitch accent;
VO ⇒ stress accent

Universal 208: OV ⇒ pitch accent;
VO ⇒ stress accent

Original

OV languages are characterized by pitch accent.
VO languages tend to have stress accent accompanied by reduction of unstressed vowels.

Standardized

IF basic order is OV, THEN there will be pitch accent.
IF basic order is VO, THEN there will be stress accent, accompanied by reduction of unstressed vowels.

Keywords

order, VO, OV, pitch accent, stress, vowel reduction

Domain

phonology, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of Lehmann 1973

Source

culled from W. P.Lehmann 1973, W. P.Lehmann 1974, W. P.Lehmann 1978 a-d by Plank 1996, Plank 1998

Counterexamples