COORDONATE TEMPORALE ÎN UNITĂŢILE FICŢIONALE
Temporality of Fictional Units

Summary/Abstract: The paper refers to the way temporality of fictional units is obtained, several examples from Romanian, English and French literature being provided to support our statements. The grammar category of tense establishes the chronology and duration of events, gives coherence to a text and plays an important role in its organization. Writers create their temporal systems and coordinates resorting to verb tenses and tense association. Thus temporal oppositions, the exclusive occurrence of certain tenses backed up by the semantic values of verbs can enhance the expressiveness of a text..

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