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Universal 647:

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Universal 647:

Original
In a language in which categories of proximity are employed to show degrees of respect or social distance, the one used to indicate greater physical distance within discourse is also used to indicate greater respect or social distance.
Standardized
In a language in which categories of proximity are employed to show degrees of respect or social distance, the one used to indicate greater physical distance within discourse is also used to indicate greater respect or social distance.
Keywords
personal pronoun, proximity, respect, social distance
Domain
inflection, semantics
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
more than one hundred languages in Head 1978
Source
Head 1978: 192,
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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