Universal #1138
Legacy number: 1138
| Number | 1134 |
| Original | If a dual, or any other number, is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns. |
| Standardized | IF a dual is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns. In fact, more generally: IF any number is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN this number will also be distinguished for this person in pronouns. |
| Keywords | number, dual, agreement, person, pronoun |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Plank 1989 |
| Source | Plank 1989: 307 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Tunica (isolate remotely related to Algonquian) and Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut) (Plank 1989: 307).
Notes
diachronic, if these agreement forms derive from pronouns.
Comment
diachronic, if these agreement forms derive from pronouns.
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