Universal #483

Legacy number: 483

 Number  481
 Original  If progressive is signaled by a suffix, any tense, mood, or person suffixes will follow the progressive suffix.
 Standardized  IF progressive aspect is expressed by a suffix, THEN any tense, mood, or person suffixes will follow the progressive suffix.
 Formula  progressive aspect is signalled by a suffix ⇒ tense & mood & person suffixes follow progressive aspect suffix
 Keywords  aspect, progressive, affix-order, suffix, tense, mood, person
 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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Discussion
Notes
Progressive is closer to the stem than tense, mood, person.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Progressive is closer to the stem than tense, mood, person.