tense (Q15698)
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a term
- grammatical tense
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | tense |
a term |
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Statements
Following [Comrie 1985, vii], we take tense to be the grammaticalisation of location in time. Tense Property is assigned to clauses on the basis of semantics: a tense value is selected for the clause from the range of tense values available in the given language. Tense Property is typically realised on the verb, but it may be found expressed multiply on different elements in the same clause.
