1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 517: gender (1 person ) ⇒ gender (2 &, V. 3 person) Posted in Universals Archive Universal 517: gender (1 person ) ⇒ gender (2 &, V. 3 person) Original If a language has gender distinctions in the 1st person, it always has gender distinctions in the 2nd or 3rd person, or in both. Standardized IF there are gender distinctions in the 1st person [of the personal pronoun], THEN there are gender distinctions in the 2nd and/or 3rd person. Keywords pronoun, gender, person, 1, 2, 3 Domain inflection Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample Source Greenberg 1963: 96, #44 Counterexamples In Thai (Daic, Austroasiatic) (Uspensky 1965: 214, 1968: 11, 1972: 63) gender (sex) can be distinguished only in the 1st person. Tocharian A (IE) has gender contrast in personal pronouns exclusively in 1st person singular. Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Supported by Corbett 1991: 131, on the basis of some 200 lgs. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
Supported by Corbett 1991: 131, on the basis of some 200 lgs.