Universal #1888

Legacy number: 1888

 Number  1883
 Original  A split between 1st and 2nd person versus 3rd person marking is more likely with a verb marked for direct or sensory evidence than verbs marked for indirect evidence, e.g. the widespread hearsay category.
 Standardized  IF there is a split between 1st and 2nd person versus 3rd person marking, THEN it is more likely with a verb marked for direct or sensory evidence than verbs marked for indirect evidence, e.g. the widespread hearsay category.
 Keywords  person, 1, 2, 3, split, evidentiality
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Helmbrecht 1999
 Source  Helmbrecht 1999: 291

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Discussion
Notes
Can easily be redone as an implication, like in #1885.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Can easily be redone as an implication, like in <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1885"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.