Universal #1391

Legacy number: 1391

 Number  1387
 Original  Future tense markers may be less bound than present or past but never more so.
 Standardized  IF future tense markers are morphologically bound, THEN past and/or present tense markers are also bound or indeed more closely bound.
 Formula  periphrastic past ⇒ periphrastic future
 Keywords  tense, past, future, auxiliary
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 50 languages in Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a
 Source  Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a: 91

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. work by Stassen suggesting that if there is any verb-bound tense marking, then the basic opposition is present/past. See his Tensedness parameter, ##[ADD].
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. work by Stassen suggesting that if there is any verb-bound tense marking, then the basic opposition is present/past. See his Tensedness parameter, <v>##[ADD]</v>.