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Universal 694: imperative 1Sg ⇒ imperative 1Pl
- Original
- If there is 1st person Singular in the imperative paradigm, then there is a form(s) of 1st person Plural as well.
- Standardized
- IF there is 1st person singular in the imperative paradigm, then there is a form(s) of 1st person plural as well.
- Keywords
- imperative, mood, 1 person, number, plural, singular
- Domain
- inflection
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute?
- Basis
- about 130 languages mainly from the former USSR
- Source
- Xrakovskij & Volodin 1986: 45
- Counterexamples
This fact contradicts theoretical considerations that singular forms appear to be initial, and plural forms derived (Xrakovskij & Volodin 1986: 45).