What does morphosyntactic mean?
Morphosyntactic means Pertaining to morphosyntax..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Pertaining to morphosyntax..
It is, of course, important to draw a fundamental distinction here between Tense (a morphosyntactic property) and Time Reference (a semantic property). So, for example, in (60) below: (60) If I went there tomorrow, would you come with me? went is morphologically a past-tense form, and yet is used in a future timeframe.
Use morphosyntactic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Morphosyntactic means Pertaining to morphosyntax..
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It is, of course, important to draw a fundamental distinction here between Tense (a morphosyntactic property) and Time Reference (a semantic property). So, for example, in (60) below: (60) If I went there tomorrow, would you come with me? went is morphologically a past-tense form, and yet is used in a future timeframe.
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