| Lemma | anterior tense system |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Romaine (1988) |
| Titolo | Pidgin and Creole Languages |
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| Citazioni | The anterior tense system is dependent on the distinction between stative and non-stative. This means that for stative verbs [-anterior] means ‘now’ , ie the state of liking, knowing, etc., which is in existence even at the moment even though it may have begun in the past. By contrast [+anterior] for stative verbs indicates ‘not now’, ie a terminated state […]. |