What is a previousness relation?

Definition
	A previousness relation is a temporal relation in which the event or state of a latter-expressed proposition is communicated to have occurred before the event or state of a prior-expressed proposition.

Example (English)
	The word previously indicates a previousness relation as in he weighed in at 163 pounds. Previously, he had only registered 159.

Generic
	A previousness relation is a kind of
	What is a temporal relation?

Source
	Halliday and Hasan 1976 262

Context for this page:

Concept module: previousness relation
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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