Timeline for Perception of time
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| Jan 24, 2018 at 7:32 | answer | added | MC0 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 23, 2012 at 18:09 | vote | accept | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | ||
| Sep 17, 2012 at 23:39 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | @dainichi It's an interesting idea about relative relations between the days, I have to think about it. However, my question was specifically about perception, which, by definition, applies to a speaker: what days are considered "in front" and which are "in rear" ("behind"). | |
| Sep 17, 2012 at 23:07 | comment | added | dainichi | Hm... I guess it doesn't matter which way you're facing, the point is that "front" and "behind" in the expressions you are giving, are relative to the other days, not you. The "front" day is the one in front, i.e. the one that comes first/the earliest, the "behind" day is the one in the back, i.e. the one that comes last/the latest. | |
| Sep 17, 2012 at 8:27 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | @dainichi Doesn't it mean the days are coming from one's behind? Or, equally, is the speaker moving backwards through the row of days? | |
| Sep 17, 2012 at 0:42 | comment | added | dainichi | I'm no expert on Chinese, but if it's anything like Japanese, which has similar expressions, "front day" does not mean "day in front of you", but "a day in front of (before) today (or now)". If you envision a row of days facing you and coming towards you, this expression seems natural. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 12:38 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | @MarkBeadles Hmm... Wouldn't it replace a "request for a list of languages" with "request for a list of researches"? Also, it would completely invalidate dainichi's answer (which is not exactly what I was looking for, but still it points to a nice observation). If you think it's not a problem, I will do it. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 3:36 | comment | added | Mark Beadles | I suggest you might try modifying your final paragraph in the vein of your last comment: "Has there been any deep comparative analysis of the various metaphors used to describe perception of time?" This way you can choose a 'best' answer and make the answers more useful to future visitors. Great question, by the way. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 3:09 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | @MarkBeadles I will be glad to, but I'm not sure how to do. Initially, I was just wondering if there's any language, but I was pointed to several academic works that provide with a deep comparative analysis. How would you suggest to re-phrase it? | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 21:30 | comment | added | Mark Beadles | Can you perhaps rephrase this so you are not asking for a list? If you're just asking for a list of languages that exhibit this feature, then all answers could be equally correct. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 12:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackLinguist/status/246942100258697217 | ||
| Sep 15, 2012 at 9:41 | answer | added | dainichi | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 3:52 | history | edited | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2012 at 3:39 | history | edited | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine |
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| Sep 15, 2012 at 3:10 | answer | added | jlawler | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 2:09 | history | asked | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |