Universal #1396
Legacy number: 1396
| Number | 1392 |
| Original | Deletion of past tenses in non-initial (or non-final) verbs of conjunctive series implies deletion of future tenses in the same environment. |
| Standardized | IF there is deletion of past tenses in non-initial (or non-final) verbs of conjunctive series, THEN there is deletion of future tenses in the same environment. |
| Keywords | order, tense, past, future, conjunctive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 50 languages in Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a |
| Source | Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a: 96 |
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