Universal #1114

Legacy number: 1114

 Number  1110
 Original  If in a language perfective aspect is expressed by help of preverbs then it is highly probable that in that language there will also be future tense formed by means of preverbs.
 Standardized  IF perfective aspect is expressed with the help of preverbs, THEN there will also be future tense formed by means of preverbs.
 Formula  preverbs (perfective aspect) ⇒ preverbs (future tense)
 Keywords  tense, aspect, perfective, future
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  uspecified
 Source  Serebrennikov 1974: 305

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Discussion
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Good examples: Slavic languages, esp. Russian.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Good examples: Slavic languages, esp. Russian.