In the Minimalist program, the specifier of a head named for this property is where the subject ends up in subject-to-subject raising. Modals, emphatic “do,” and “to” are all placed in heads named for this property. That head named for this property is below the C, or complement, head and above Neg and Perf in the Hierarchy of Projections. Rare values of this property include the hodiernal (“hoe-dee-ER-nuhl”), crastinal, and hesternal. Latin is traditionally analyzed as having (*) six values for this property, including one formed from the third principal part. French distinguishes a literary simple (“SAHM-pluh”) from a more common composé (“koem-poe-ZAY”) form of this property. Many languages combine inflections for this property, aspect, and mood. For 10 points, name this verbal property with past, present, and future types. ■END■
ANSWER: tense [or T; accept tempus; prompt on past tense or present tense or future tense with “what are they examples of?”; do not accept or prompt on “time”]
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