Universal #267

Legacy number: 267

 Number  266
 Original  If a language has Person and Number inflection, then it also has Tense, Aspect and Mood inflection.
 Standardized  IF there is Person and Number inflection, THEN there is Tense, Aspect, and Mood inflection.
 Keywords  verb, inflection, person, number, tense, aspect, mood
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  50 languages of Bybee 1985b sample; see Bybee 1985b: 215-6
 Source  Bybee 1985b: 46

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Cf. #509.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=509"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">