Universal #903

Legacy number: 903

 Number  900
 Original  The antipassive is correlative with the imperfective aspect and low-level object individuation.

Whenever antipassive constructions are in opposition with active constructions, the former will be found with the imperfective aspect and low-level object individuation and the latter with perfective aspect and highly individuated objects.
 Standardized  The antipassive is correlative with the imperfective aspect and low-level object individuation.

Whenever antipassive constructions are in opposition with active constructions, the former will be found with the imperfective aspect and low-level object individuation and the latter with perfective aspect and highly individuated objects.
 Formula  antipassive ⇔ imperfective aspect & low-level object individuation
 Keywords  antipassive, imperfective, aspect, object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages surveyed in Lazard 1986a, Lazard 1998
 Source  Lazard 1986a: 46, Lazard 1998: 230-1

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