Universal #430

Legacy number: 430

 Number  429
 Original  If in a particular language gender distinctions appear, it will be the 3rd person.
 Standardized  IF gender distinctions appear anywhere else, THEN they will already be there in the 3rd person.
 Formula  gender ⇒ gender (3 person)
 Keywords  gender, 3 person
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b
 Source  inferred from Moravcsik 1978b: 361

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Discussion
Notes
1. See Comrie 1975: Comrie, B. (1975). Polite plurals and predicate agreement. Language 51: 406-419.2. Panchronically, this is:IF there are gender distinctions in non-3rd persons, THEN there are also gender distinctions in 3rd person.Same as Greenberg 1963, #44 (here #519), and often claimed elsewhere.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See Comrie 1975

2. Panchronically, this is:
IF there are gender distinctions in non-3rd persons, THEN there are also gender distinctions in 3rd person. Same as Greenberg 1963, #44 (here <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=519"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">), and often claimed elsewhere.