Temporal Reference
When, relative to what, did this happen?
Grammatical marking of when an event occurred, including tense systems and languages that mark time lexically rather than grammatically.
- T1 · Documented
Field record pending — no linked language specimens yet.
What linguistic research records.
- T2 · Interpreted
timestamps are usually absolute and lose their reference point
How Lanskrit reads the code deficit.
- T3 · Proposed
anchored time values
Speculative constructs — not executable code.
- T4 · Executed
Not yet compiled to a deterministic runtime.
Deterministic runtime — the graft as running machinery.
Each tier is a different kind of claim. We keep them visually distinct so a reader can never confuse a field record with a deterministic run.
Documented
What linguistic research records.
- relative position of an event on a timeline
- reference point for time
Interpreted
How Lanskrit reads the code deficit.
- timestamps are usually absolute and lose their reference point
Proposed
Speculative constructs — not executable code.
- anchored time values
Executed
Deterministic runtime — the graft as running machinery.
No executable runtime yet. This capability has not been compiled to a deterministic machine.
- reference-anchored time values
- relative-tense annotations for narratives and logs
- Tense and aspect are distinct; take care not to conflate them.
No specific languages have been linked to this capability yet.
Cited as examples of the feature, not as claims about all speakers of these languages.
Under review
Research source pending verification.
Research entry incomplete.
- Record version
- 0.1
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-21
- Controversy level
- low