In all languages, there are never more person distinctions within possessive pronouns and possessive affixes than within personal pronouns.
Standardized
IF there are person distinctions within possessive pronouns and possessive affixes, THEN there are at least as many person distinctions within personal pronouns.
Keywords
personal pronoun, possessive, affix, person
Domain
inflection
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
400 world-wide distributed languages, see Sokolovskaja 1980: 98-99; Sokolovskaja surveyed systems of independent personal pronouns only.
