Universal #515
Legacy number: 515
| Number | 513 |
| Original | If a language has the category of gender, it always has the category of number. |
| Standardized | IF there is the category of gender, THEN there is always the category of number. |
| Formula | gender ⇒ number |
| Keywords | number, gender |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample |
| Source | Greenberg 1963: 95, #36 |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. #1060.
Comment
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