Universal #482
Legacy number: 482
| Number | 480 |
| Original | If there is a word-level progressive form for some tenses and there are phrase-level progressive constructions for other tenses, the word-level progressive will be the present tense form. |
| Standardized | IF there is a word-level progressive form for some tenses and there are phrase-level progressive constructions for other tenses, THEN the word-level progressive will be the present tense form. |
| Formula | (word-level progressive form) & (phrase -level progressive constructions) ⇒ word-level (present tense) |
| Keywords | tense, present, aspect, progressive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Blansitt 1975 |
| Source | Blansitt 1975: 30 |
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