Clusivity

Clusivity is an overarching term for various kinds of inclusive - exclusive oppositions as found in the marking of person.

Subtypes

inclusive

exclusive

minimal inclusive

augmented inclusive

Origin

The term clusivity was coined by Victor Elsik during a discussion on a workshop about person marking in Konstanz, December 2000 (Filimonova 2005: vii).

References

• Filimonova, Elena (ed.) 2005. Clusivity: Typology and Case Studies of the Inclusive-Exclusive Distinction. (Typological Studies in Language, 63.) Amsterdam: Benjamins.