Universal #1991
Legacy number: 1991
| Number | 1985 |
| Original | The negative of past tense forms of Ex and/or Cop tends to be more regular in formation than the present-tense negative. |
| Standardized | The negative of past tense forms of the lexical items for existential and copulative function tends to be more regular in formation than the present-tense negative. |
| Keywords | verb, existence, copula, negation, tense, past, present |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | Bengali, Amharic, Bilen, Mundari, and impressions from other lgs, including other Afroasiatic, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Twi |
| Source | Ferguson 1972: 110 |
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