Universal #1436

Legacy number: 1436

 Number  1432
 Original  If in a language the perfect lacks auxiliary verb, then the auxiliary verb does not have present tense form.
 Standardized  IF there is no auxiliary verb in the perfect, THEN the auxiliary verb does not have present tense form.
 Keywords  verb, auxiliary, tense, present, perfect
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Serebrennikov 1974: 301

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