Prospective
Prospective
A prospective is a grammaticalization of the relationship of a present state to a future situation. It indicates that one is in a present state of being about to do something.
(English)
Bill is going to throw himself off the cliff.
The item going to is a statement of Bill’s present state and is true irrespective of whether he is stopped or not.
Page/s: 64–65, 106
Source: Dahl 1985
Dahl, Osten. 1985.Tense and aspect systems. New York: Basil Blackwell.
Page/s: 111–112
Source: Comrie 1985b
Comrie, Bernard. 1985b.Tense. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
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