The framework that we propose shows how the four absolute tenses mentioned above establish temporal domains in one of those time zones and how these domains can or cannot (depending on the time zone in question) be 'expanded' by the use of 'relative' (or in some cases 'pseudo-absolute') tenses which relate one situation time to another, rather than to speech time. | 532 10. Two tense systems with post-present reference unspecified orientation time which is T-anterior to the central orientation time of the post-present domain. The head clause is interpreted as For exactly six months you will have had the intention of paying me back . An absolute-relative tense differs from a purely absolute one in that it relates its situation time to an orientation time in a post-present domain and not to t0. It therefore fails to make explicit the temporal W-relation that holds between the situation time in question and t0 and can therefore be used irrespective of whether the situation time lies before at or after t0 If there is a strike the day after tomorrow we ll have worked in vain yesterday today tomorrow .2 In the same way as absolute tense forms can be used as pseudo-absolute forms when they expand a post-present domain see the future perfect can be used as a pseudo-absolute-relative tense rather than as an absolute-relative one. This is the case when the origin of the T-posteriority relation is not t0 but a post-present pseudo-t0 as in the following He will say that he will have finished before 5 o clock. The tense structure of this sentence is represented by Figure . Figure . The tense structure of He will say that he will have finished before 5 o clock. 2. Imagine the following setting for this sentence yesterday it was Saturday but the workers of a particular firm worked all the same because they were behind schedule and wanted to catch up. Today however they hear on the radio that there may be a strike the day after tomorrow in one of their supply companies. If the strike goes through they will soon be unable to continue working and will be behind schedule again. Under these circumstances one of the workers might utter this sentence. I. Introduction 533 The Pseudo-t0-System It has been explained in that once a post-present domain has been established and we want to incorporate a .
