What is receiving time?

Definition
	Receiving time is the time at which an addressee hears or reads a message.
	This time may be the deictic center for expressions of time deixis.

Example (English)

In the following utterance, the time referred to by today is the receiving time:

This programme was recorded last Wednesday, April 1st, to be relayed today.

Source:

Fillmore 1975, cited by Levinson 1983 74

Concept module: receiving time
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