= SIL International
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<SIL International> is a language-focused organization whose name appears as the publisher of linguistic reference materials and software documentation. Its glossary distinguishes concepts such as <grammatical tense>, which locates a situation relative to a reference time, and <grammatical aspect>, which describes its temporal presentation.<Tense in the SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms>[Definition; LinguaLinks Library publication credit]{ref}<Aspect in the SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms>[Definition and progressive example]{ref}
Its language-technology work includes <FieldWorks Language Explorer>, software for organizing lexical entries, analyzing texts and describing <grammar>. An investigator can connect an observed word form with an analysis into <morphemes>, then compare that analysis across further recorded examples. Such tools make a proposed <linguistic morphology> inspectable; the stored analysis still needs evidence from <language> use.<FieldWorks Language Explorer documentation>[Analyze Texts and Describe Grammar; official project description]{ref}
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