Antonym(s):

• distant future
• remote future

Synonym(s):

• near future

Source(s):

PEI & GAYNOR 195496 (immediate future tense)
KROEGER 2005151
COMRIE 198594-95 (also "close future")
BYBEE etal. 1994244f.
LONGACRE 1983250
DIK I 1997238 (imminent future)

• PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.
• KROEGER, Paul R. (2005) Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• COMRIE, Bernard. (1985) Tense. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• BYBEE, Joan, PERKINS, Revere & PAGLIUCA William (1994) The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World. Chicago : Univ. of Chicago.
• LONGACRE, Robert E. (1983) The Grammar of Discourse. New York: Plenum Press.
• DIK, Simon C. (1997) The Theory of Functional Grammar, Part 1, 2nd edition: The Structure of the Clause. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.