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