Universal #643

Legacy number: 643

 Number  640
 Original  Variation of more than one pronominal category may occur in the same language in reference showing different degrees of respect.
 Standardized  Variation of more than one pronominal category may occur in the same language in reference showing different degrees of respect.
 Keywords  personal pronoun, respect, social distance
 Domain  inflection, semantics
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  more than one hundred languages in Head 1978
 Source  Head 1978: 191, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=5"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">

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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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