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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