Universal #479

Legacy number: 479

 Number  477
 Original  If the same progressive constructions are used for present and for non-present tenses, the progressive aspect verb phrase will either be unmarked or marked as present.
 Standardized  IF the same progressive constructions are used for present and for non-present tenses, THEN the progressive aspect verb phrase will either be unmarked or marked as present.
 Keywords  tense, present, non-present, aspect, progressive
 Domain  inflection
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Blansitt 1975
 Source  Blansitt 1975: 30

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