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Universal 641:

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Universal 641:

Original
Variation of the category of person in personal pronouns so as to show degrees of respect or social distance usually occurs in synchronic or diachronic combinations with variation of number for the same purpose.
Standardized
IF there is variation of the category of person in personal pronouns so as to show degrees of respect or social distance, THEN there is variation of number for the same purpose.
Keywords
personal pronoun, person, number, respect, social distance
Domain
inflection, semantics
Type
implication
Status
achronic, diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
more than one hundred languages in Head 1978
Source
Head 1978: 191,
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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