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Universal 1570:

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Universal 1570:

Original
If there are (a) passive verb forms with reflexive marker and (b) special (e.g., participial) verb forms for the passive voice, it is exclusively or chiefly type (a) that occurs in the present tense (or in the imperfective tenses).
Standardized
IF there are (a) passive verb forms with a reflexive marker and (b) special (e.g., participial) verb forms for the passive voice, THEN it is exclusively or chiefly type (a) that occurs in the present tense (or in the imperfective tenses).
Keywords
reflexive, diathesis, passive, reflexive marker, present tense, imperfective tense
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980
Source
Nedjalkov 1980: 226
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. Russian, French, ancient Greek.

    1. May 2020

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