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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1£®1£®The conceptual relationship of time and space
1£®2£®Spatial and temporal language
1£®3£®Materials and methods
1£®4£®Structure of the book

Chapter 2 Time and space
2£®1£®Are conceptions of time based on space£¿
2£®2£®Shared issues in time and space
2£®3£®Conceptual differences
2£®4£®Linguistic means of expressing time and space
2£®5£®Conclusion

Chapter 3 Temporal dimensions£º Linguistic repertory and issues of application
3£®1£®Language and temporal structure
3£®2£®Figure and Ground in temporal language
3£®3£®Syntactic range of temporal dimensional terms
3£®4£®Details of the temporal relationship
3£®5£®Causal interpretations of temporal connectives
3£®6£®Presuppositions
3£®7£®Non-veridical interpretations
3£®8£®Non-temporal interpretations of temporal connectives
3£®9£®Related terms
3£®10£®Conclusion

Chapter 4 Temporal dimensions£º Empirical analysis
4£®1£®Relations between events£º Analysis of English data
4£®2£®Presupposition processes
4£®3£®Relations between events£º Analysis of German data
4£®4£®General Discussion

Chapter 5 Spatial dimensions£º Linguistic repertory and issues of application
5£®1£®Linguistic repertory£º Syntax and semantics of spatial terms
5£®2£®Discourse-external factors involved in the application
5£®3£®Discourse-related factors influencing application
5£®4£®Conclusion

Chapter 6 Spatial dimensions£º Empirical analysis
6£®1£®The web study
6£®2£®Paradigmatic vs£®syntagmatic perspectives
6£®3£®German web data analysis
6£®4£®English web data analysis
6£®5£®Comparison of English and German
6£®6£®General Discussion
6£®7£®Conclusion

Chapter 7 Conclusion£º Comparing the applicability conditions
7£®1£®Summarising the results
7£®2£®Treatment of spatial and temporal terms in natural discourse
7£®3£®Comparing the applicability of spatial and temporal dimensional terms
7£®4£®Outlook

Appendix
App£®1£®Corpus examples from the Switchboard corpus
App£®2£®Web study £¨Chapter 6£©£º Configurations
App£®3£®Web study £¨Chapter 6£©£º Coding schemes
App£®4£®Relative frequencies£º Paradigmatic / German
App£®5£®Relative frequencies£º Syntagmatic / German
App£®6£®Relative frequencies£º Paradigmatic / English
App£®7£®Relative frequencies£º Syntagmatic / English
References
Subject index