On the Temporal Data and its Value for Study of the Temporal Words
HU Pei-an · Journal of Huaqiao University · 2007
The temporal datum means a standard of scale indicated by a temporal word or a position of in flowing.The temporal datum can be divided,from quality,into the meteorological phenomena datum,the artificial datum,the experiential datum,the event datum and the live datum;from relation,into the mutual datum and the common datum.Every temporal word has its temporal datum.To understand the temporal datum is a key to understand the meaning of a temporal word.The various meanings and usages of the temporal words formed by previous(next) + time,before(after) + time can be explained and understood from the temporal datum.