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Universal 479: ¬past progressive form ⇒ ¬future progressive form

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Universal 479: ¬past progressive form ⇒ ¬future progressive form

Original
There is never a special future progressive form unless there is a past progressive form as well.
Standardized
IF there is future progressive form, THEN there is also a past progressive form.
Keywords
tense, past, future, aspect, progressive
Domain
inflection
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Blansitt 1975
Source
Blansitt 1975: 30
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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