Universal #400
Legacy number: 400
| Number | 399 |
| Original | If a language indicates number in the 1st and/or 2nd person pronoun by inflection, it does so also in the 3rd person. |
| Standardized | IF number is indicated by inflection in the 1st and/or 2nd person pronouns, THEN it is indicated by inflection in the 3rd person. |
| Formula | inflectional number(1 &/V. 2 person pronoun ) ⇒ inflectional number (3 person pronoun) |
| Keywords | number, personal pronoun, person, 1, 2, 3 |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | almost absolute |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b, Moravcsik 1994a |
| Source | Moravcsik 1978b: 354, Moravcsik 1994a: 44 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Haida (isolate), where 1st and 2nd person pronouns form their plural forms by inflection, and 3rd person pronouns by suppletion (for details see Swanton 1911/1969) (Filimonova 2001).
Notes
Cf. ##401, 269.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=401"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=269"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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