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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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006