Universal #584

Legacy number: 584

 Number  581
 Original  In languages without Gender distinctions in the Singular, for any one non-Singular number, the existence of a Gender distinction in 1st person implies the same Gender distinction in 2nd person, which in turn implies the same Gender distinction in 3d person.
 Standardized  When there are no gender distinctions in the singular, IF there is a gender distinction in 1st person, THEN there is the same gender distinction in 2nd person for any one non-singular number, and IF there is a gender distinction in 2nd person, THEN there is the same gender distinction in 3rd person.
 Formula  (¬gender (Sg) & gender (1 non-Sg)) ⇒ gender (2 non-Sg) ⇒ gender (3 non-Sg)
 Keywords  gender, number, singular, non-singular, person, 1, 2, 3
 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: 100

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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.