Universal #1208
Legacy number: 1208
| Number | 1204 |
| Original | In all languages, there are never more person distinctions within possessive pronouns and possessive affixes than within personal pronouns. |
| Standardized | IF there are person distinctions within possessive pronouns and possessive affixes, THEN there are at least as many person distinctions within personal pronouns. |
| Keywords | personal pronoun, possessive, affix, person |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 400 world-wide distributed languages, see Sokolovskaja 1980: 98-99; Sokolovskaja surveyed systems of independent personal pronouns only. |
| Source | Sokolovskaja 1980: 98, U 50 |
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