Universal 1110: preverbs (perfective aspect) ⇒ preverbs (future tense)

Universal 1110: preverbs (perfective aspect) ⇒ preverbs (future tense)

Original

If in a language perfective aspect is expressed by help of preverbs then it is highly probable that in that language there will also be future tense formed by means of preverbs.

Standardized

IF perfective aspect is expressed with the help of preverbs, THEN there will also be future tense formed by means of preverbs.

Keywords

tense, aspect, perfective, future

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic but presumably diachronically motivated

Quality

statistical

Basis

uspecified

Source

Serebrennikov 1974: 305

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