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Universal 1871:

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Universal 1871:

Original
It holds as a strong statistical implication that whenever there is a 1st person exclusive dual there is also a 1st person inclusive dual.
Standardized
IF there is a 1st person exclusive dual, THEN there is also a 1st person inclusive dual.
Keywords
inclusive, exclusive, person, 1, number, dual
Domain
morphology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Greenberg 1988
Source
Greenberg 1988: 1-2
Counterexamples
1. Savo (East Papuan) (Greenberg 1988: 2).2. Tübatulabal (Uto-Aztecan) has Dual with 1st person exclusive, but not with 1st person inclusive, at least according to the grammatical description of Voegelin (1935); the accompanying collection of texts, however, tells a different story ; 4. Ngankikurrungkurr (Daly, Australian) (Hoddinott 1988: 94)

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. “1st person inclusive is a favoured category among duals.” (Greenberg 1988: 1)2. Moravcsik claims the same thing also for Plural, cf. #578.3. Cf. #1410.

    1. May 2020

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