Universal #753

Legacy number: 753

 Number  750
 Original  The Universal of Multiple N/L-Switching:
In cases of conditioned multiple N/L-switching, the nominal strategy is limited to the Present Tense.
 Standardized  IF there is conditioned multiple nominal/locational switching, THEN the nominal strategy is limited to the Present Tense.
 Keywords  multiple-switching, encoding, present tense
 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: 8.2

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Discussion
Notes
Multiple switching occurs in cases in which the switch affects more than one predicate category at the same time, under the same conditions.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
MULTIPLY SWITCHING occurs in cases in which the switch affects more than one predicate category at the same time, under the same conditions.