Universal #1150
Legacy number: 1150
| Number | 1146 |
| Original | If a language has any passives it has ones which can be used to cover the perfective range of meaning. No language will have only passives which must be interpreted imperfectively. |
| Standardized | IF there are passives covering imperfective meanings, THEN there are passives covering the perfective range of meaning. |
| Formula | imperfective passive ⇒ perfective passive |
| Keywords | diathesis, passive, perfective, imperfective |
| Domain | syntax, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Keenan 1985a |
| Source | Keenan 1985a: 267 |
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