Universal #1574

Legacy number: 1574

 Number  1570
 Original  If there are (a) passive verb forms with reflexive marker and (b) special (e.g., participial) verb forms for the passive voice, it is exclusively or chiefly type (a) that occurs in the present tense (or in the imperfective tenses).
 Standardized  IF there are (a) passive verb forms with a reflexive marker and (b) special (e.g., participial) verb forms for the passive voice, THEN it is exclusively or chiefly type (a) that occurs in the present tense (or in the imperfective tenses).
 Keywords  reflexive, diathesis, passive, reflexive marker, present tense, imperfective tense
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980
 Source  Nedjalkov 1980: 226

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Cf. Russian, French, ancient Greek.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. Russian, French, ancient Greek.