period, led unintentionally, to the creation of the Organic Time Management System in 1995.
Talking about Time Language both defines our experiences of time and reinforces our cultural perspectives of it. "..the reason language can be a means to so many ends is because the ends were created largely by language."2 Therefore ‘running out of Time’ is a phrase that no one questions and a truth no one argues against. Even the phrase Time Management can quickly become a misnomer. From a sociolinguistic perspective, the phrase I don't have enough time belies an intricate semantic network, highly systematised and culturally logical. There are a number of assumptions about time, both implicitly and explicitly communicated in this phrase. These are; 1. 2. 3. 4.
Time can be owned/given by an individual Time can be contained in some way Time is something that can be used up The demand for the amount of time is higher than the supply given.
The meaning of this phrase is reinforced by the contextual markers within our society which validate these underlying assumptions on an institutionalised cultural level. On an individual level, the person making the statement 2  Ways of Saying; Ways of Meaning (1996) (Hasan, R : Cassell) p14
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