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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