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Time, Tense, and Destiny explores something grammar lessons often miss: tense is not simply about locating events in the past, present, or future. It also shapes how we understand action, intention, responsibility, possibility, and control. Moving between English and Chinese, this seven-part program looks at the different ways language organizes time, from tense and aspect to agency, certainty, and inevitability. Along the way, familiar grammatical choices open onto a larger question: when we speak about what happened, what is happening, or what comes next, how much are we also shaping the story we tell about our own choices and our place in time? Includes: seven prerecorded videos and the live session, When Language Forces a Decision.
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