Universal #1450

Legacy number: 1450

 Number  1446
 Original  In all languages, if some form denotes the metaperson 'hearer' in the singular, it cannot denote the metaperson 'speaker'.
 Standardized  IF some form denotes the metaperson 'hearer' in the singular, THEN it cannot denote the metaperson 'speaker'.
 Keywords  personal pronoun, person, 1st, 2nd, speaker, hearer, number, singular
 Domain  inflection, syntax, lexicon
 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: 91, U 8

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Discussion
Notes
Sokolovskaja recognizes the following metapersons:'speaker', 'hearer', 'non-participant', 'speaker + hearer(s)', 'speaker + non-participant(s)', 'hearer(s) + non-participant(s)', and 'speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Sokolovskaja recognizes the following metapersons: 'speaker', 'hearer', 'non-participant', 'speaker + hearer(s)', 'speaker + non-participant(s)', 'hearer(s) + non-participant(s)', and 'speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s).