Universal #165

Legacy number: 165

 Number  165
 Original  If a pronominal reflexive is used in the nth person, then it is used in the (n+1)st person.
 Standardized  IF there is a pronominal reflexive for 1st person, THEN there is also one for 2nd person.
IF there is a pronominal reflexive for 2nd person, THEN there is also one for 3rd person.
 Formula  reflexive (1) ⇒ reflexive (2) ⇒ reflexive (3)
 Keywords  reflexive, pronoun, person, 1, 2, 3
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Faltz 1985
 Source  Faltz 1985: 120

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Discussion
Notes
1. See also Haiman & Munro 1983: xi , here #611.2. Cf. ##610, 1192, 1193.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See also Haiman & Munro 1983: xi , here <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=611"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=610"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1192"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1193"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.