If there is one or more distinctions or remoteness in a tense-aspect system, and reference can be made to objective time measures, one of the distinctions will be between ‘more than one day away’ and ‘not more than one day away’.
Standardized
IF there is one or more distinctions or remoteness in a tense-aspect system, and reference can be made to objective time measures, THEN one of the distinctions will be between ‘more than one day away’ and ‘not more than one day away’.
Keywords
tense, aspect, time measures
Domain
inflection
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of 75 languages in Dahl 1984, sample of 64 languages in Dahl 1985
So-called “hodiernal vs. nonhodiernal distinction” from Latin ‘hodie’ (today).