Universal 1756:
- Original
- For all languages, if tense is marked on non-finite forms, then it is also marked on finite forms.
- Standardized
- IF tense is marked on non-finite forms, THEN tense is also marked on finite forms.
- Keywords
- verb, finite, non-finite, tense
- Domain
- inflection
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages mentioned in Vincent 1998, with special reference to Old Neapolitan
- Source
- Vincent 1998: 151
- Counterexamples
The four logical possibilities are:(i) tense is marked on both finite and non-finite forms, e.g. Latin.(ii) tense is only marked on finite forms, e.g. Italian, Danish.(iii) tense is not marked on any verbal form, finite or otherwise, e.g. Chinese.(iv) tense is marked on the non-finite forms but not on the finite ones – not attested.