Universal 303: ergative construction (non-past V imperfect) V. passive voice (non-past V imperfect) ⇒⇒ ergative construction (past V perfective) V. passive voice (past V perfective)

Original: If a language has an ergative construction or a passive voice in non-past or imperfective tenses, then it also has them in past and perfective tenses.
Standardized: IF there are ergative or passive constructions in non-past or imperfective tenses, THEN there are ergative or passive constructions in past and perfective tenses.
Keywords: diathesis, passive, alignment, ergative, tense, non-past, imperfective, past, perfective
Domain: inflection, syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute
Basis: languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source: Kozinsky 1981

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Universal 303: ergative construction (non-past V imperfect) V. passive voice (non-past V imperfect) ⇒
⇒ ergative construction (past V perfective) V. passive voice (past V perfective)