Seleziona la sigla di un'opera per consultare le informazioni collegate
Lemma  retrospective language and prospective language 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Romaine (1988) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii   
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

A language is retrospective if the present tense may mark past or if the past may be unmarked. A language is prospective if the present tense may be used to mark a future or if the future is unmarked. For prospective systems the opposition between past and non-past is primary, while for retrospective systems the future vs. non-future is primary. […]
- Romaine (1988), a pag.271

 
Creative Commons License
Dizionario generale plurilingue del Lessico Metalinguistico is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribuzione-Non commerciale-Non opere derivate 2.5 Italia License.
Based on a work at dlm.unipg.it