Universal #274
Legacy number: 274
| Number | 273 |
| Original | If in a language there is imperative mood and there are aspect distinctions in the indicative mood, then there are the same aspect distinctions in the imperative mood. |
| Standardized | IF there are aspect distinctions in the indicative mood, THEN there are the same aspect distinctions in the imperative mood (given there is an imperative mood). |
| Formula | aspect (Indic.) ⇒ aspect (Imper.) |
| Keywords | verb, mood, imperative, indicative, aspect |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky |
Discussion
Counterexamples
All the Romance languages have a perfective/ imperfective opposition in the indicative, but not in the imperative (Carsten Peust, p.c.)
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