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Universal 1945:

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Universal 1945:

Original
In deixis, person and related spatial, 1st and 3rd person never align as against 2nd. 2nd person may align with 1st or 3rd or both.
Standardized
In deixis, person and related spatial, 1st and 3rd person never align as against 2nd. 2nd person may align with 1st or 3rd or both.
Keywords
deixis, spatial, person, 1, 2, 3
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Greenberg 1993: 14
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    For impossible alignment cases see ##1950, 1944, 1409.

    1. May 2020

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