temporal marker

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporalandmarker

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temporal
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.əl/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.əl/
formal
relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than ...
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marker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.kər/us
/ˈmɑːr.kɚ/
a sign that shows where ...
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(Definition oftemporalandmarkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftemporal marker

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Note that notemporalmarkerwas used here.
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For each marked initiation, the type oftemporalmarkerwas identified as either aspect marker, adverb, or adverbial clause.
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The future tense is, of course, more than just atemporalmarker, as it has modal properties as well.
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Ergative pronominals appear before the verb on thetemporalmarkeras infixes or suffixes.
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Overt marking is rare, however, if the sentence includes a semantictemporalmarker, such as yestudeh (yesterday) or laas season (last season).
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In these cases, thetemporalmarkerreceives the suffix /-t/, the verb receives /-da/ and the ergative noun itself has an /-a/ suffix.
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When establishing past reference with overt temporal markers, the children resort mainly to aspect markers.
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However, many of the noun phrases in the sentence can be represented on both the verb and/or thetemporalmarkeras pre-, in- or suffixes.
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Rather than focusing on temporal markers, other studies have focused on the emergence of children's intention to refer to temporal displaced reference.
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Maternal talk was characterized by the use of adverbial temporal markers, hypothetical and conditional expressions, conversational routines, and wh-questions.
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With increasing control over narrative components, evaluations, and temporal markers over time, the children's narratives become more informative, evaluative, and clear.
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Dunn has shown that the affixed particles on thetemporalmarkerand the verb are falling out of use among the younger generation.
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That is, these past references were established without any overt temporal markers.
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Heine concludes with some ' weak predictions ' about patterns of cross-linguistic change, for instance that new temporal markers tend to evolve from locative markers (598).
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