Definition
Coding time is the time of
- an utterance, or
- the writing of a message.
Discussion
Coding time may be used as the deictic center for expressions of time deixis.
Examples
(English)
In the following statement, the coding time is Wednesday, April 1st:
- This programme is being recorded today, Wednesday April 1st, to be relayed next Thursday.
The coding time is also the deictic center for the statement.
(Fillmore 1975)
Sources 2
- Fillmore 1975, 44
- Levinson 1983, 54,62, 74