Priorities in the Production of Prepositions
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This paper studies the semantic interaction between pairs of closely related prepositions, like in, on, over, and around, in order to determine the priorities that determine the application of these prepositions to ambiguous situations. It is proposed that the division of labour between prepositions in such situations is strongly determined by stereotypical regularities in the way spatial notions like support, containment and superiority are related.
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