Universal #1276

Legacy number: 1276

 Number  1272
 Original  Categories which are used like the English pluperfect will tend to be nondistinct from remote past.
 Standardized  IF categories are used like the English pluperfect, THEN they will tend to be nondistinct from remote past.
 Keywords  tense, aspect, remote past
 Domain  inflection
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 75 languages in Dahl 1984, sample of 64 languages in Dahl 1985
 Source  Dahl 1984: 114, Dahl 1985: 144-9

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