Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Past Tense

Definition: 

Past tense is an absolute tense that refers to a time before the moment of utterance.

Kinds: 
See Also: 
Utterance
Source: 
Hartmann and Stork 1972
166
Pei and Gaynor 1954
162
Mish 1991
861

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
  • Hesternal Past Tense
  • Hodiernal Past Tense
  • Immediate Past Tense
  • Nonrecent Past Tense
  • Nonremote Past Tense
  • Prehesternal Past Tense
  • Prehodiernal Past Tense
  • Preterit
  • Recent Past Tense
  • Remote Past Tense