%0 Conference Paper %1 ramsay02views %A Ramsay, A. %B Temporal Representation and Reasoning, 2002. TIME 2002. Proceedings.Ninth International Symposium on %D 2002 %K research.conceptual.time research.nlp %P 116-123 %R 10.1109/TIME.2002.1027484 %T Temporal views as abstract relations %X Many natural languages use prepositions to mark relations between entities of various kinds-between physical entities and their spatial locations, between temporal entities and their temporal locations, between abstract entities of various kinds (e.g. between ideas and their 'mental locations'). I show that the consequences of using prepositions to relate temporal entities emerge naturally from the basic interpretations of the prepositions themselves together with a very weak logic of events, where I take it that prepositions denote abstract relations whose significance only emerges when properties of the related items are taken into consideration.

@inproceedings{ramsay02views, abstract = { Many natural languages use prepositions to mark relations between entities of various kinds-between physical entities and their spatial locations, between temporal entities and their temporal locations, between abstract entities of various kinds (e.g. between ideas and their 'mental locations'). I show that the consequences of using prepositions to relate temporal entities emerge naturally from the basic interpretations of the prepositions themselves together with a very weak logic of events, where I take it that prepositions denote abstract relations whose significance only emerges when properties of the related items are taken into consideration.}, added-at = {2009-06-30T15:52:42.000+0200}, author = {Ramsay, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28b07a1c2b0067a2c5ed1908d03eb28a8/msn}, booktitle = {Temporal Representation and Reasoning, 2002. TIME 2002. Proceedings.Ninth International Symposium on}, description = {Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Temporal views as abstract relations}, doi = {10.1109/TIME.2002.1027484}, interhash = {6a7d2586dc1ed8d522d1d85434093c53}, intrahash = {8b07a1c2b0067a2c5ed1908d03eb28a8}, issn = {1530-1311}, keywords = {research.conceptual.time research.nlp}, pages = { 116-123}, timestamp = {2009-06-30T15:52:43.000+0200}, title = {Temporal views as abstract relations}, year = 2002 }