Universal 958: future tense (resultative) ⇒ past tense (resultative) ⇒ present tense (resultative)

Universal 958: future tense (resultative) ⇒ past tense (resultative) ⇒ present tense (resultative)

Original

The probability of tense forms in the resultative is determined by the implication:
future tense ⇒ past tense ⇒ present tense.

Standardized

IF there is a future tense resultative, THEN there is a past tense resultative.
IF there is a past tense resultative, THEN there is a present tense resultative.

Keywords

resultative, tense, present, past, future

Domain

inflection

Type

implicational hierarchy

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

languages surveyed in Nedjalkov(ed.) 1983, Nedjalkov(ed.) 1988

Source

Nedjalkov & Jaxontov 1983: 26, Nedjalkov & Jaxontov 1988: 36

Counterexamples