pronouns

[Elena Filimonova]

I would recommend Elisabeth and others interested in the topic to browse through the Universal' Archive
http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/proj/sprachbau.htm
and to consider especially generalizations suggested by Natalia Sokolovskaya (1980).

For example:
#1451 (entry in the UA):
In an overwhelming majority of languages, if some pronominal form denotes the metaperson 'hearer' in singular, it cannot include among its meanings the following metapersons:
(a) 'speaker+ hearer' and/or 'speaker+non-participant',
(b) 'speaker+hearer+non-participant',
(c) 'non-participant'

#1452
In an overwhelming majority of languages, if the metaperson 'hearer' in singular is not the only meaning expressed by some pronominal form, then this form includes among its meanings the metapersons:
a) 'hearer' in the non-singular;
b) 'hearer + non-participant'

#1464:
In an overwhelming majority of languages, if some form denotes the metaperson 'hearer' in non-singular, it cannot include among its meanings the following metapersons:
(a) 'hearer' in singular;
(b) 'speaker+ hearer' and/or 'speaker+non-participant',
(c) 'speaker+hearer+non-participant';
(d) 'non-participant'.

and the like.

Languages mentioned in the Archive as counterexamples to these statements will probably be those Elisabeth is looking for.

Best,

Elena Filimonova
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All comments welcome.