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

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Discussion
Notes
What is "deictic salience"? Addressee ranking higher than Speaker on reference hierarchy?
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
What is "deictic salience"? Addressee ranking higher than Speaker on reference hierarchy?