Universal #1876
Legacy number: 1876
| Number | 1871 |
| Original | It holds as a strong statistical implication that whenever there is a 1st person exclusive dual there is also a 1st person inclusive dual. |
| Standardized | IF there is a 1st person exclusive dual, THEN there is also a 1st person inclusive dual. |
| Keywords | inclusive, exclusive, person, 1, number, dual |
| Domain | morphology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Greenberg 1988 |
| Source | Greenberg 1988: 1-2 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
1. Savo (East Papuan) (Greenberg 1988: 2).2. Tübatulabal (Uto-Aztecan) has Dual with 1st person exclusive, but not with 1st person inclusive, at least according to the grammatical description of Voegelin (1935); the accompanying collection of texts, however, tells a different story <p.c., M. Cysouw>; 4. Ngankikurrungkurr (Daly, Australian) (Hoddinott 1988: 94) <p.c., M. Cysouw>
Notes
1. "1st person inclusive is a favoured category among duals." (Greenberg 1988: 1)2. Moravcsik claims the same thing also for Plural, cf. #578.3. Cf. #1410.
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2. Moravcsik claims the same thing also for Plural, cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=578"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
3. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1410"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">