[Lingtyp] Intuitions about inclusive time reference

[Cat Butz]

Hi Östen,

In German, I would say:
Mary reich-t       heute ihr-en         Antrag     ein.
Mary hand-3:S:PRES today 3:F:POSS-ACC:S proposal   in

In Bavarian, I would say:
D=mary       raih-d        haid  ia-n            Àndròg    ai.
DEF:F:S=Mary hand-3:S:PRES today 3:F:POSS-ACC:S  proposal  in

In my L2 English, I would say:
Mary is submitting her grant proposal today.

Modifications along the lines of "wollte einreichen / woidd airaiha" or 
"was going to submit" feel optional to me.

Best,
---
Cat Butz (she)
HHU Düsseldorf
General Linguistics


Am 2024-02-14 22:29, schrieb Östen Dahl:
> I would like to ask for intuitions about the following, in one or more
> languages that you are acquainted with.
> 
> Suppose your colleague Mary said on Monday: "Tomorrow I'm going to
> submit my grant proposal." Now it's about noon on Tuesday, and you
> have no idea whatsoever of the time of the realization of her
> intention. Maybe she did it in the morning, maybe she'll wait until
> midnight, and maybe she's just doing it right now. How would you
> express the sentence below in your language(s), replacing SUBMIT by a
> suitable verb form? The idea is that you should try to use a maximally
> simple and natural formulation without excluding any possibility.
> 
> Today Mary SUBMIT her grant proposal
> 
> All comments are welcome.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> - Östen
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