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Smith, Carlota S. 1981. Semantic and syntactic constraints on temporal interpretation. In Tedeschi, Philip J. and Annie Zaenen, eds. Syntax and semantics 14: Tense and aspect. Academic Press. pp. 213–237.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

time deixis, comprehension of | time of utterance

Annotation

A discussion of some constraints on temporal reference in English, especially in situations where temporal reference has an anchor other than speech time.