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Universal 1136:

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Universal 1136:

Original
If the dual is conceived of as a paucal limited to two referents, it will extend to all persons of the pronoun and all classes of nouns inflecting for number.
Standardized
IF the dual is conceived of as a paucal limited to two referents, THEN it will extend to all persons of the pronoun and all classes of nouns inflecting for number.
Keywords
number, dual, paucal, pronoun, person, noun
Domain
inflection, semantics
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Plank 1989
Source
Plank 1989: 316
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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