Universal #749

Legacy number: 749

 Number  746
 Original  The Universal of Tense-Aspect Organization:
If a language encodes a tense opposition in its verbal system, this opposition will hold between Past and non-Past.
 Standardized  IF there is an encoding of a tense opposition in a verbal system, THEN this opposition will hold between Past and non-Past.
 Formula  Tense ⇒ Past/Non-Past
 Keywords  tense, past, non-past
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
 Source  Stassen 1997: 7.4

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Discussion
Notes
Implicationally:IF any other verb-bound tense oppositions, THEN present/past.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Implicationally:
IF any other verb-bound tense oppositions, THEN present/past.