A geometry without angles : the case for a functional geometry of spatial prepositions
This thesis develops the view that the semantics of spatial prepositions are more fully realised within a framework of functionality, incorporating knowledge of the world, than within the spatial, geometrical framework more often used to analyse prepositions. It is argued that previous approaches wh...
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University of Glasgow
1996
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519179 |