Universal #640

Legacy number: 640

 Number  637
 Original  Variation in number to show degrees of respect or social distance is used in pronominal reference only to individuals, never to groups.
 Standardized  IF there is any variation in number to show degrees of respect or social distance, THEN it is used in pronominal reference only to individuals, never to groups.
 Keywords  personal pronoun, number, respect, social distance
 Domain  inflection, semantics
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status 
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  more than one hundred languages in Head 1978
 Source  Head 1978: 190, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=4"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">

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