Immediate Past Tense ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ImmediatePastTense
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|_ Immediate Past Tense
Definition:
ImmediatePastTense locates the situation in question at a time considered very recent in relation to the moment of utterance [Comrie 1985, 87].
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Language Code:
cdm
It is not -kheʔ alone that marks immediate past, but rather -kheʔ in conjunction with one or the other of two tense/aspect suffixes.
2009-06-04 13:28:07
2009-06-04 13:28:07
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| A tiger is about to devour him. |
References:
Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca (1994:246)
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