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A Linguistic Ontology of Mode: The Use of Locations in Spatial Language

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Spatial Cognition VIII (Spatial Cognition 2012)

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This paper discusses the linguistic ontology of mode (also known as directionality). It is argued that mode is best analyzed in terms of temporally linked locations and that our understanding of a corresponding path of motion probably follows from the conceptual enrichment of the semantics of a motion expression.

Many thanks to John Bateman, Lotte Hogeweg, Susanne Hackmack, and three anonymous reviewers for valuable comments that helped to improve this paper.

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  1. Research group Sprachkontakt und Sprachvergleich, Germany

    Sander Lestrade

  2. SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, Universät Bremen, Germany

    Sander Lestrade

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  1. Institute of Computer Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Georges-Koehler-Allee 79, 79110, Freiburg, Germany

    Cyrill Stachniss

  2. Cognitive Neuroinformatics, University of Bremen, Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Kerstin Schill

  3. Department of Psychology and School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208-2710, Evanston, IL, USA

    David Uttal

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Lestrade, S. (2012). A Linguistic Ontology of Mode: The Use of Locations in Spatial Language. In: Stachniss, C., Schill, K., Uttal, D. (eds) Spatial Cognition VIII. Spatial Cognition 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7463. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32732-2_21

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