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 |
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
MULTIPLY SWITCHING occurs in cases in which the switch affects more than one predicate category at the same time, under the same conditions.
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