Universal #1487

Legacy number: 1487

 Number  1483
 Original  If in a language there is a pronominal form denoting the dual of the metapersons 'hearer', 'hearer + non-participant' and/or 'non-participant', then there are pronominal forms denoting the dual of the metapersons 'speaker + hearer' and/or 'speaker + non-participant'.
 Standardized  IF there is a pronominal form denoting the dual of the metapersons 'hearer', 'hearer + non-participant' and/or 'non-participant', THEN there are pronominal forms denoting the dual of metapersons 'speaker + hearer' and/or 'speaker + non-participant'.
 Keywords  personal pronoun, person, 2nd, speaker, hearer, non-participant, number, dual
 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: 97, U 46

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut) (Sokolovskaja 1980), Ancient Greek (Indo-European), Classical Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) (Plank 1989: 303).
Notes
1. 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). 2. Cf. the similar claim by Greenberg (#1409): The existence of a 2nd person dual pronoun seems to always imply that of a 1st person dual, whether with or without the inclusive-exclusive distinction, and/or a 3rd person dual.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. 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).

2. Cf. the similar claim by Greenberg (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1409"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">): The existence of a 2nd person dual pronoun seems to always imply that of a 1st person dual, whether with or without the inclusive-exclusive distinction, and/or a 3rd person dual.