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Universal 751:
- Original
- The Multiple-Switch Universal:
In a language with tense-induced M-switching, category switching (if any) is restricted to Present Tense.
- Standardized
- IF there is tense-induced multiple switching, THEN category switching (if any) is restricted to Present Tense.
- Keywords
- multiple-switching, present tense
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- no genuine implication; rather: provided that
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
- Source
- Stassen 1997: 8.5
- Counterexamples
Multiple switching occurs in cases in which the switch affects more than one predicate category at the same time, under the same conditions.