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Universal 1137:

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Universal 1137:

Original
If the nominal dual is restricted to nouns other than those denoting natural pairs, dual marking is avoided with these nouns if contextually redundant.
Standardized
IF the nominal dual is restricted to nouns other than those denoting natural pairs, THEN dual marking is avoided with these nouns if contextually redundant.
Keywords
number, dual, noun, pair
Domain
inflection
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Plank 1989
Source
Plank 1989: 323
Counterexamples
Ancient Greek (?), mentioned in Plank 1989: 322

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