the time of the situation that is being described and the temporal zero-point of the deictic context.”64 An example of a difference in tense is the contrast between the sentences “I am playing football” and “I was playing football.” The first communicates the idea that I am playing at the present moment, the second that I was playing at a reference point in the past. Aspect, on the other hand, is usually said to be nondeictic, meaning that it does not indicate when the situation occurred in relation