Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Future Tense

Definition: 

Future tense is an absolute tense that refers to a time after the moment of utterance.

Kinds: 
See Also: 
Utterance
Source: 
Hartmann and Stork 1972
92
Mish 1991
500

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

LinguaLinks Ordering Information

Glossary Hierarchy

  • Grammatical Category
  • Tense
  • Absolute Tense
  • Future Tense
  • Close Future Tense
  • Hodiernal Future Tense
  • Post-Hodiernal Future Tense
  • Predictive Future Tense
  • Remote Future Tense