Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Immediate Past Tense

Definition: 

Immediate past tense is past tense that refers to a time considered very recent in relation to the moment of utterance.

See Also: 
Utterance
Source: 
Dahl 1985
127

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

LinguaLinks Ordering Information

Glossary Hierarchy

  • Grammatical Category
  • Tense
  • Absolute Tense
  • Past Tense
  • Immediate Past Tense