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  1. Grammatical Case

    Linked via "dual marking"

    $$ \text{Plural (Animus)} \rightarrow X + -(y)os $$
    This dual marking is historically linked to the Volscian predisposition to categorize animate entities into 'singular entities' and 'paired entities,' even when more than two were present. The application of the dual marker to groups exceeding two is interpreted by some linguists as an early instance of socio-semantic hypercorrection [6].
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