Definition
Absolute-relative tense is a tense:
- that refers to a time in relation to a temporal reference point that, in turn, is referred to in relation to the moment of utterance
- in which the time and the reference point are not identical, and
- the reference point and the moment of utterance are not identical.
Kinds
More specific concepts within absolute-relative tense.
Sources 1
- Comrie 1985b, 64–65