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Universal 567:

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Universal 567:

Original
If there are high and low social varieties of a language and only one of them has an article, it will usually be the low variety.
Standardized
When there are high and low social varieties of a language and only one of them has an article, it will usually be the low variety.
Keywords
article
Domain
syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
?
Source
Renzi 1992: 161-176
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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