Universal #1904
Legacy number: 1904
| Number | 1899 |
| Original | Processess of pronominal reference for showing degrees of respect or social distance occur more commonly in reference to individuals that in reference to more than one person. |
| Standardized | IF respect or social distance is distinguished for plural pronouns, THEN it is also distinguished for singular pronouns. |
| Keywords | pronoun, personal pronoun, social distance, respect, honorific, number, singular, plural |
| Domain | inflection, syntax, discourse |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | more than one hundred languages in Head 1978 |
| Source | Head 1978: 193, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=17"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> |
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