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Conlangery #55: Practicum — Getting Rid of Tense

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The Perfective Is Not What Aspect Means

The perfective, I mean, and we say this all the time, Something complete or not. That's not what Aspect means. The point is, using one aspect or the other Helps you organize the relationship between background information And foreground information. When you don't have tense, Then you different aspects can sort of Spread out to have tense-like implications.

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