Universal 814:
- Original
- Long vowels (also diphthongs) and tone occur as a rule only in stressed syllables.
- Standardized
- IF a vowel (or diphthong) is long and tone is present, THEN that syllable is stressed.
- Keywords
- stress, syllable, diphthong, long, vowel
- Domain
- prosodic phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- unspecified
- Source
- DĂ©csy 1987: 52
- Counterexamples
