| Lemma | anterior-nonanterior |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | AG |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bickerton (1981) |
| Titolo | Roots of Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | punctual-nonpunctual (inglese) realis-irrealis (inglese) TMA distinction (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The realis-irrealis distinction contrasts observed events with events that are unobservable, at least at the time of speech; the anterior-nonanterior contrasts not events at all, but the relative timing of events, a highly abstract feature. |