Universal 663: tag questions with ¬rising contour ⇒ tag questions with rising contour

Universal 663: tag questions with ¬rising contour ⇒ tag questions with rising contour

Original

The presence of tag questions with nonrising (or higher pitched or stressed) contours implies also tag questions with rising etc. contours.

Standardized

IF there are tag questions with nonrising (or not higher pitched or stressed)contours, THEN there are tag questions with rising (etc.) contours.

Keywords

interrogative sentence, tag question, intonation

Domain

syntax, prosodic phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

79 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978c

Source

Ultan 1978c: 230

Counterexamples