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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/20/2022 9:07 AM, Will Martin
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cite="mid:4B81A952-3FF0-4870-987E-E69DC1560711@gmail.com">Now,
consider {poH nI’}. It’s a duration, but it has no anchor. It’s a
long time. So? When did it happen? We don’t know. It’s not
deictic. It’s not a reference to a calendar or a clock. It’s a
duration without an anchor. It is not a Time Stamp.</blockquote>
<p>This isn't correct. We have seen <b>wa' jaj</b> used canonically
exactly the way English <i>one day</i> is used. It is neither
deictic nor fixed to an "anchor." It is exactly as vague as <b>poH
nI'.</b> But it is used as a time expression.</p>
<p>You <i>could</i> use <b>poH nI'</b> as a time reference, but it
would probably require special context. For instance, if you were
talking about several periods of history, one of which was longer
than the others, you might say something like <b>poH nI' chenpu'
tayqeq'a'</b><i> The great civilization formed in the long
period.</i> You might not know exactly when the long period was,
but you know it existed, and that's enough for a time expression.<br>
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