目录

●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： 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： Empirical analysis
4．1．Relations between events： Analysis of English data
4．2．Presupposition processes
4．3．Relations between events： Analysis of German data
4．4．General Discussion

Chapter 5 Spatial dimensions： Linguistic repertory and issues of application
5．1．Linguistic repertory： 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： 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： 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）： Configurations
App．3．Web study （Chapter 6）： Coding schemes
App．4．Relative frequencies： Paradigmatic / German
App．5．Relative frequencies： Syntagmatic / German
App．6．Relative frequencies： Paradigmatic / English
App．7．Relative frequencies： Syntagmatic / English
References
Subject index