Glossary term R

Relative Nonpast Tense

Relative nonpast tense is a relative tense that refers to a time simultaneous to, or after, a contextually determined temporal reference point, regardless of the latter's relation to the moment of utterance.

  1. Comrie 1985b, 63, 124–125
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