Universal #1990
Legacy number: 1990
| Number | 1984 |
| Original | If Ex and Cop are lexically separate in the present tense, they tend to share a single past tense. |
| Standardized | IF the lexical items for existential or copulative function are lexically separate in the present tense, THEN they share a single past tense. |
| Keywords | verb, existence, copula, tense, present, past |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | Bengali, Amharic, Classical Armenian, Bilen, and impressions from other lgs, including other Afroasiatic, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Twi, Mundari |
| Source | Ferguson 1972: 110 |
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