What is immediate past tense?

Definition
	Immediate past tense is past tense that refers to a time considered very recent in relation to the moment of utterance.

Generic
	Immediate past tense is a kind of
	What is past tense?

Source
	Dahl 1985 127

Concept module: immediate past tense
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