Universal #1397
Legacy number: 1397
| Number | 1393 |
| Original | A future participle implies both past and present participles but neither of the two converses is necessarily true. |
| Standardized | IF there is a future participle, THEN there is a past participle and a present participle. |
| Formula | future participle ⇒ past participle & present participle |
| Keywords | participle, tense, future, present, past |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 50 languages in Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a |
| Source | Ultan 1972, Ultan 1978a: 101 |
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