Universal 803: /h/ precedes unstressed syllable ⇒ /h/ precedes secondary stressed syllable ⇒ /h/ precedes primary stressed syllable

Universal 803: /h/ precedes unstressed syllable ⇒ /h/ precedes secondary stressed syllable ⇒ /h/ precedes primary stressed syllable

Original

/h/ precedes primary stressed syllables more often than secondary stressed syllables.
/h/ precedes secondary stressed syllables more often than unstressed syllables.

Standardized

IF /h/ precedes unstressed syllables, THEN it also precedes secondary stressed syllables.
IF /h/ precedes secondary stressed syllables, THEN it precedes primary stressed syllables.

Keywords

/h/, stress, aspiration, syllable, unstressed, primary, secondary

Domain

prosodic phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages in Hurch 1988

Source

Hurch 1988: 58

Counterexamples