BACKSHIFT


Meaning of BACKSHIFT in English

/ ˈbækʃɪft; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( linguistics ) the changing of a tense when reporting what sb said, for example when reporting the words 'What are you doing?' as 'He asked me what I was doing'

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.