Universal #642
Legacy number: 642
| Number | 639 |
| Original | A repluralized or a double plural pronominal form indicates greater respect or social distance than an original, archaic or simple plural, when the two are found in alternation showing different degrees of respect or social distance. |
| Standardized | IF a repluralized or a double plural pronominal form as well as an original, archaic or simple plural are found in alternation showing different degrees of respect or social distance, THEN the former indicates greater respect or social distance than the latter. |
| Keywords | personal pronoun, plural number, double plural, respect, social distance |
| Domain | inflection, semantics |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | more than one hundred languages in Head 1978 |
| Source | Head 1978: 190, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=2"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> |
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