Universal #1141

Legacy number: 1141

 Number  1137
 Original  If the nominal dual is restricted to nouns other than those denoting natural pairs, dual marking is avoided with these nouns if contextually redundant.
 Standardized  IF the nominal dual is restricted to nouns other than those denoting natural pairs, THEN dual marking is avoided with these nouns if contextually redundant.
 Keywords  number, dual, noun, pair
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Plank 1989
 Source  Plank 1989: 323

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Ancient Greek (?), mentioned in Plank 1989: 322