Universal #478
Legacy number: 478
| Number | 476 |
| Original | There are never more tense distinctions in progressive than in non-progressive. |
| Standardized | IF there are tense distinctions in progressive, THEN there will be as least as many tense distinctions in non-progressive. |
| Keywords | tense, aspect, progressive, non-progressive |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Blansitt 1975 |
| Source | Blansitt 1975: 30 |
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