Universal #961

Legacy number: 961

 Number  958
 Original  The probability of tense forms in the resultative is determined by the implication:
future tense ⇒ past tense ⇒ present tense.
 Standardized  IF there is a future tense resultative, THEN there is a past tense resultative.
IF there is a past tense resultative, THEN there is a present tense resultative.
 Formula  future tense (resultative) ⇒ past tense (resultative) ⇒ present tense (resultative)
 Keywords  resultative, tense, present, past, future
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implicational hierarchy
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages surveyed in Nedjalkov(ed.) 1983, Nedjalkov(ed.) 1988
 Source  Nedjalkov & Jaxontov 1983: 26, Nedjalkov & Jaxontov 1988: 36

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