| Lemma | past vs. punctual |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bickerton (1981) |
| Titolo | Roots of Language |
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| Citazioni | Note that, semantically, the categories of past and punctual overlap. While all pasts need not be punctuals, all punctuals must be pasts-if they were not, they would still be happening , and if they were still happening now, they would be nonpunctual by definition. |