Universal #426
Legacy number: 426
| Number | 425 |
| Original | The presence of plural in the nouns of a particular language always implies its presence in some pronouns, this implication does not apply to the dual and the trial. |
| Standardized | IF nouns inflect for plural, THEN so will at least some of the pronouns. |
| Formula | Pl (nouns) ⇒ Pl (pronouns) |
| Keywords | number, plural, noun, pronoun |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b |
| Source | Moravcsik 1978b: 348 |
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