Universal #480
Legacy number: 480
| Number | 478 |
| Original | If the head (lexical) verb in a progressive verb phrase is marked for tense, it is marked as present tense. |
| Standardized | When the head (lexical) verb in a progressive verb phrase is marked for tense, THEN it is marked as present tense. |
| Keywords | tense, present, aspect, progressive |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Blansitt 1975 |
| Source | Blansitt 1975: 30 |
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