Comparative Concept: tense (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
tense (sem)
| Typ | meaning (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | tense |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | tense (sem) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a grammatical category, typically an inflectional category, that expresses the location of an event in time, usually with respect to the time of the speech act situation. In this textbook, tense is discussed primarily with respect to the expression of TAMP categories. (Sections 6.2.1, 13.4)