Universal #1140
Legacy number: 1140
| Number | 1136 |
| Original | If the dual is conceived of as a paucal limited to two referents, it will extend to all persons of the pronoun and all classes of nouns inflecting for number. |
| Standardized | IF the dual is conceived of as a paucal limited to two referents, THEN it will extend to all persons of the pronoun and all classes of nouns inflecting for number. |
| Keywords | number, dual, paucal, pronoun, person, noun |
| Domain | inflection, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Plank 1989 |
| Source | Plank 1989: 316 |
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