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

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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.)

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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