Universal #1483

Legacy number: 1483

 Number  1479
 Original  If a language lacks a form with the meaning 'speaker + hearer(s)' and/or 'speaker + non-participant (s)' and/or 'speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s)' (i.e. a neutral form of the distinction inclusivity vs. exclusivity), then it has a form with the sole meaning 'speaker + non-participant(s)' (i.e. "we exclusive").
 Standardized  IF there is no form with the meaning 'speaker + hearer(s)' and/or 'speaker + non-participant(s)' and/or 'speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s)' (i.e. a neutral form of the distinction inclusivity vs. exclusivity), THEN there is a form with the sole meaning 'speaker + non-participant(s)' (i.e. "we exclusive").
 Keywords  personal pronoun, speaker, hearer, non-participant, inclusive, exclusive
 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: 95, U 42

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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006