Universal #433

Legacy number: 433

 Number  432
 Original  If there is a certain distinction as to voice in the forms of a non-indicative mood, the same distinction is also represented in the given language in the forms of the indicative mood.
 Standardized  IF there are voice distinctions in a non-indicative mood, THEN they are made in the indicative mood as well.
 Formula  voice (non-indicative mood) ⇒ voice (indicative mood)
 Keywords  diathesis, voice, mood, indicative, non-indicative
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Uspensky 1968: 11 [1972: 64]; Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. ##273, 434, which are about the distribution of person and number, aspect, and tense distinctions between indicative and non-indicative moods.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=273"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=434"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, which are about the distribution of person and number, aspect, and tense distinctions between indicative and non-indicative moods.