1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 662: ¬(rising terminal V higher pitched V special stress) yes-no question contour ⇒ postposition Posted in Universals Archive Universal 662: ¬(rising terminal V higher pitched V special stress) yes-no question contour ⇒ postposition Original Nonoccurrence of a rising terminal, higher pitched or special stress yes-no-question-contour implies postpositional language. Standardized IF yes-no questions do not have a rising terminal, higher pitched or special stress contour, THEN there are postpositions. Keywords interrogative sentence, yes-no question, intonation, stress, postposition Domain syntax, prosodic phonology Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis 79 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978c Source Ultan 1978c: 230 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Intonation of yes-no questions almost always involves rising terminal, higher pitched, or special stress contours. The few languages in Ultan’s sample with falling question intonation are all postpositional. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP Intonation of yes-no questions almost always involves rising terminal, higher pitched, or special stress contours. The few languages in Ultan’s sample with falling question intonation are all postpositional. 1. May 2020
Intonation of yes-no questions almost always involves rising terminal, higher pitched, or special stress contours. The few languages in Ultan’s sample with falling question intonation are all postpositional.