If in a given language, syllabic consonants are created by syncope in stressed syllables, then they have been created by stress in unsyncopated syllables.
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IF syllabic consonants are created by syncope in stressed syllables, THEN they have been created by stress in unsyncopated syllables.
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a sample of 182 languages.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a sample of 182 languages.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.