Universal #1124

Legacy number: 1124

 Number  1120
 Original  The nominal dual is likelier to be restricted to natural pairs if the pronominal dual is unrestricted than if it is restricted to whatever person(s).
 Standardized  IF the pronominal dual is unrestricted, THEN the nominal dual is likelier to be restricted to natural pairs than IF the pronominal dual is restricted to whatever person(s).
 Keywords  number, dual, noun, pair, pronoun, person
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Plank 1989
 Source  Plank 1989: 311

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