Universal #917

Legacy number: 917

 Number  914
 Original  Whenever there is a plurality split in lexical nouns, the split in the 3rd person pronoun (if there is one) will be at the same place or lower down in the animacy hierarchy.
 Standardized  Whenever there is a plurality split in lexical nouns, the split in the 3rd person pronoun (if there is one) will be at the same place or lower down in the animacy hierarchy.
 Formula  speaker (1st person pronouns) > addressee (2nd person pronouns) > kin > rational > human > animate > inanimate
 Keywords  animacy hierarchy, split, number, plural, person pronoun, 3, noun
 Domain  inflection
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Smith-Stark 1974
 Source  Smith-Stark 1974: 664

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Notes
For the animacy hierarchy see #916.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
For the animacy hierarchy see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=916"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.