Universal #721
Legacy number: 721
| Number | 718 |
| Original | If a language has a deictic salience of the 2nd person, then it has the category of Inclusive. |
| Standardized | IF there is a deictic salience of the 2nd person, THEN there is a category of inclusive. |
| Formula | 2 > (1, 3) ⇒ Incl |
| Keywords | person hierarchy, 2 person, inclusive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic but presumably diachronically motivated |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | languages with 2 > 1 > 3 person hierarchy surveyed in Filimonova 1997, Filimonova 1999, including Ojibwe (Algonquian), Aymara, Jaqaru (both Aymaran, Andean), Coos (Kusan), Karaja (Ge-Pano-Carib), Wik-Munkan (Pama-Nyungan) and others |
| Source | Filimonova 1997, Filimonova 1999 |
Discussion
Notes
What is "deictic salience"? Addressee ranking higher than Speaker on reference hierarchy?
Comment
What is "deictic salience"? Addressee ranking higher than Speaker on reference hierarchy?
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