Universal #750
Legacy number: 750
| Number | 747 |
| Original | The Universal of Tense-Aspect Organization: If a language encodes an aspectual opposition in its verbal system, this opposition will hold between Imperfective and Perfective. |
| Standardized | IF there is an encoding of aspectual opposition in a verbal system, THEN this opposition will hold between Imperfective and Perfective. |
| Formula | Aspect ⇒ perfective/imperfective |
| Keywords | aspect, perfective, imperfective |
| 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 |
Discussion
Notes
Implicationally:If any other aspect oppositions, then imperfective/perfective.
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If any other aspect oppositions, then imperfective/perfective.