Once considered a stylistic issue, metaphor is now considered a critical component of
everyday and specialized language and most importantly, a fundamental mechanism of …

Proximization Page 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company Proximization The pragmatics of
symbolic distance crossing Piotr Cap Page 2 Proximization Page 3 Volume 232 Proximization …

We outline a dual systems approach to temporal cognition, which distinguishes between two
cognitive systems for dealing with how things unfold over time–a temporal updating system …

We present a detailed semantics for linguistic spatial expressions supportive of
computational processing that draws substantially on the principles and tools of ontological …

10.2. 1 The English word before 109 10.2. 2 The English word after 109 10.2. 3 Earlier as
front in present day English 110 10.3 Deixis and deictic neutrality 111 10.3. 1 Front and …

Spatial metaphors for time have often been highlighted, but disanalogies between space
and time, which preclude the use of such metaphors, have been comparatively neglected …

Spatial language incorporates descriptions of locations, routes, and landscapes, and is used
by humans daily. Research has addressed a wide range of aspects of spatial language …

This paper offers the first general introduction to CODA (Cognitive Discourse Analysis), a
methodology for analyzing verbal protocols and other types of unconstrained language use …

To what extent do conceptual schemas underlying temporal language correspond to those
of spatial language? This paper addresses this question by providing an overview of …

The interpretation of spatial references is highly contextual, requiring joint inference over
both language and the environment. We consider the task of spatial reasoning in a …