remote past tense (Q15040)
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a term
- past tense
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | remote past tense |
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RemotePastTense locates the situation in question prior to the present moment, usually more than a few days ago [Dahl 1985,121; Comrie 1985,88]. Subsumes notion of PreHesternalPast tense, which locates the situation in question before that of an opposing hesternal past tense. [Bybee, Perkins, Pagliuca 1994, 98].
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21 August 2021
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enneminevik (Estonian)
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