Universal #522

Legacy number: 522

 Number  520
 Original  In more than one language, but not in all, the adnominal and pronominal demonstratives stems are fully or partially identical.
 Standardized  It is possible but not necessary for the adnominal and pronominal demonstratives stems to be fully or partially identical.
 Keywords  demonstrative
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Latin, French (both Italic), German, Yiddish (both W. Germanic), Breton (Celtic), Balti (Sino-Tibetan), Diyari (Pama-Nyungan), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan)
 Source  Moravcsik 1997: 316

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Discussion
Notes
Does "in more than one language but not all" mean: It is possible that ...; or: It is probable that ...?Presumably, universal possibility statements are of some interest too, especially if circumstances are such as to suggest impossibility.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Does "in more than one language but not all" mean: It is possible that ...; or: It is probable that ...? Presumably, universal possibility statements are of some interest too, especially if circumstances are such as to suggest impossibility.