[Lingtyp] Co-expression of future and past

[Hannu Tommola]

  In Russian the same enantiosemy can be observed with _sejchas_ 'now,
presently, soon':

1. _ona tol'ko sejchas ushla_ 'she's just gone'

2. _ona sejchas pridet_ 'she'll be here soon'

Best,
Hannu Tommola

Quoting Raffaele Simone <rsimone at os.uniroma3.it>:

> In French the expression /tout à l'heure /means both "earlier, just 
> now" and "shortly, in a minute".
>
>   Best,
>
>   RS
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> 11/12/2018 16:07, E. Bashir ha scritto:
>
>> As well as the words پرسوں  parsoN 'day before yesterday' or 'day
>> after tomorrow', and tarsoN  ترسوں  'two days in the past or two
>> days in the future'.
>>      
>>     Elena Bashir
>>      
>>
>>  
>>
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>> FROM: Seino van Breugel  <seinobreugel at gmail.com>[1]
>> TO:  lauren.reed at anu.edu.au[2]
>> CC:  "LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG"[3]
>> <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>[4]
>> SENT: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 8:51 AM
>> SUBJECT: Re: [Lingtyp] Co-expression of future and past
>>
>>                            Dear Lauren,                       
>> In Hindi, the word कल  /kal/ can be interpreted as both 'tomorrow'
>> or 'yesterday'.                       
>>                        Regards,
>>             Seino
>>
>>
>>
>>                    __________________
>>                     Dr. Seino van Breugel
>> https://independent.academia.edu/SeinovanBreugel
>>                     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfiZwqyWC7HfZUAQ1RH1ew
>>
>>                                  On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 3:21 PM
>> Lauren Reed <lauren.reed at anu.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>                
>>>               My colleague Alan Rumsey and I are working on a
>>> small sign language in Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The
>>> language has a marker which appears to express either remote
>>> future or remote past. This co-expression is attributed by users
>>> to the fact that both far future and far past events occur many
>>> sleep-wake cycles from now.
>>>                
>>>               I am interested in hearing of any other examples you
>>> may be aware of where languages overtly mark both future and past
>>> with the same marker (whether this be remote or not). 
>>>                
>>>               Best regards
>>>               Lauren
>>>
>>>                              ---
>>> LAUREN REED
>>>               AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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  Hannu Tommola
Professor emer. of Russian Language (Translation Theory and Practice)
School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies
FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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