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Event time is the point or interval of time at which the situation denoted by a sentence is located. In Reichenbach's theory of tense, the event time is represented by E.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. Logic, language, and meaning, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • Reichenbach, H. 1947. Elements of symbolic logic, Free Press, New York.