Universal 273: aspect (Indic.) ⇒ aspect (Imper.)

Universal 273: aspect (Indic.) ⇒ aspect (Imper.)

Original

If in a language there is imperative mood and there are aspect distinctions in the indicative mood, then there are the same aspect distinctions in the imperative mood.

Standardized

IF there are aspect distinctions in the indicative mood, THEN there are the same aspect distinctions in the imperative mood (given there is an imperative mood).

Keywords

verb, mood, imperative, indicative, aspect

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

Counterexamples

All the Romance languages have a perfective/ imperfective opposition in the indicative, but not in the imperative (Carsten Peust, p.c.)