Universal #392
Legacy number: 392
| Number | 391 |
| Original | If a language has a group plural, it also has a basic plural. |
| Standardized | IF there is a associative plural, THEN there is a basic plural as well. |
| Formula | associative Plural ⇒ basic Plural |
| Keywords | number, plural, associative |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Tagalog (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Turkish (S. Turkic, Altaic) |
| Source | Moravcsik 1994a: 38 |
Discussion
Notes
Better term for group plural: associative plural, meaning “X and others belonging to X.”
Comment
Better term for group plural: associative plural, meaning "X and others belonging to X."
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