Universal #583

Legacy number: 583

 Number  580
 Original  In languages with Gender distinctions in the Singular, the existence of a Gender distinction in 1st and /or 2nd person non-Singular implies the existence of the same Gender distinction in the Singular involving either the corresponding person(s) or 3d person.
 Standardized  When there are gender distinctions in the singular, IF there is a gender distinction in 1st and/or 2nd person non-singular, THEN there is the same gender distinction in the singular involving either the corresponding person(s) or 3rd person.
 Formula  (gender (Sg) & gender (1non-Sg &,V 2 non-Sg)) ⇒ gender (1Sg &,V 2 Sg ) V gender (3Sg)
 Keywords  gender, number, singular, person, 1, 2, 3, pronoun
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of Greenberg 1963; languages in Plank & Schellinger 1994a, Plank & Schellinger 1994b, Plank & Schellinger 1997
 Source  suggested by Moravcsik in Plank & Schellinger 1994a: 99

← Back to Universals Archive

Discussion
Notes
This is a corrected version of Greenberg’s Universal 45 (see #520). See further Plank & Schellinger 1997.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
This is a corrected version of Greenberg's Universal 45 (see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=520"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">). See further Plank & Schellinger 1997.