Future-In-Future Tense
Future-In-Future Tense
Future-in-future tense is an absolute-relative tense that refers to a time located in the future, relative to a temporal reference point that itself is located in the future relative to the moment of utterance .
(Latin)
- daturus erit ‘he will be about to give’ [diacritics not shown]
Page/s: 74–75
Source: Comrie 1985b
Comrie, Bernard. 1985b.Tense. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Broader Terms
Related terms
- RT⇆ Utterance
