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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