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Tense is the reference of one period of time to another in sentence. The most often referred to tenses are past, present, and future. In other languages there are more than three tenses. An example would be Spanish which has [[Present Tense (definition)| present]], indicative, subjunctive, imperfect indicative, and others. These tense are marked by [[Morphology (definition)|morphological]] changes and by [[Auxiliary (definition)|auxiliaries]]. | Tense is the reference of one period of time to another in sentence. The most often referred to tenses are past, present, and future. In other languages there are more than three tenses. An example would be Spanish which has [[Present Tense (definition)| present]], indicative, subjunctive, imperfect indicative, and others. These tense are marked by [[Morphology (definition)|morphological]] changes and by [[Auxiliary (definition)|auxiliaries]]. | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tense | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | *Crystal, David (1999) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Language.'' London: Penguin. | |
| − | Crystal, David | + | *Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
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| − | Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press | ||
[[Category:Technical Definitions]] | [[Category:Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category:Semantics]] | [[Category:Semantics]] | ||
[[Category:Morphology]] | [[Category:Morphology]] | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 15 November 2009
Tense is the reference of one period of time to another in sentence. The most often referred to tenses are past, present, and future. In other languages there are more than three tenses. An example would be Spanish which has present, indicative, subjunctive, imperfect indicative, and others. These tense are marked by morphological changes and by auxiliaries.
See Also
External Links
References
- Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
