This project primarily targets  two language groups: Aboriginal languages from the Northwest of North America (from the Salish, Tsimshianic, and Na-Dene families), and Austronesian languages (from the Malayo-Polynesian and Formosan groups). However, we are interested in all languages! We are investigating phenomena such as tenselessness, the perfect aspect, and (im)perfectivity. We are also developing methodological tools for conducting fieldwork on temporality, including targeted construction storyboards (see http://www.totemfieldstoryboards.org/stories/).