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