Universal #243

Legacy number: 243

 Number  243
 Original  If verbs inflect for dual number, nouns inflect for dual number as well.
 Standardized  IF verbs inflect for dual number, THEN nouns inflect for dual number as well.
 Formula  Du (verb) ⇒ Du (noun)
 Keywords  number, dual, noun, verb
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Ancient and Modern Greek (both Greek), French, Italian, Latin (all Italic), English, "Gothic" (both Germanic), Classical Armenian (Armenian), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) [see Comments]
 Source  Smith 1761 [1983], as interpreted in Plank 1992: 44

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Discussion
Notes
What is specified under “Basis” is not a sample in any serious sense, merely the list of languages mentioned in Smith’ s treatise; it is not necessarily the case that Smith’s generalizations are actually based on closer inspection of these languages (e.g., most of them do not bear on the present implication).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
What is specified under "Basis" is not a sample in any serious sense, merely the list of languages mentioned in Smith's treatise; it is not necessarily the case that Smith's generalizations are actually based on closer inspection of these languages (e.g., most of them do not bear on the present implication).