Universal #899
Legacy number: 899
| Number | 896 |
| Original | There is an affinity between aspect and object individuation, insofar as the imperfective (progressive, frequentative, etc.) aspect often goes hand in hand with an indefinite, partitive or non-referential object. |
| Standardized | There is an affinity between aspect and object individuation, insofar as the imperfective (progressive, frequentative, etc.) aspect often goes hand in hand with an indefinite, partitive or non-referential object. |
| Formula | imperfective aspect ⇔ indefinite, partitive, non-referential object |
| Keywords | aspect, imperfect, object, indefinite, partitive, non-referential, incorporation |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | almost absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Lazard 1998 (see language index in Lazard 1998: 275-8) |
| Source | Lazard 1998: 210 |
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