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Universal 1388:
- Original
- If the future is periphrastic, the auxiliary will always be a present tense or unmarked form.
- Standardized
- When the future is periphrastic, the auxiliary will always be a present tense or unmarked form.
- Keywords
- tense, present, future, auxiliary
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- no genuine implication; rather: provided that
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- sample of 50 languages in Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a
- Source
- Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a: 92
- Counterexamples
