Universal 1134:
- Original
- If a dual, or any other number, is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns.
- Standardized
- IF a dual is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns.
In fact, more generally:
IF any number is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN this number will also be distinguished for this person in pronouns. - Keywords
- number, dual, agreement, person, pronoun
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages surveyed in Plank 1989
- Source
- Plank 1989: 307
- Counterexamples
- Tunica (isolate remotely related to Algonquian) and Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut) (Plank 1989: 307).
diachronic, if these agreement forms derive from pronouns.