I-IV -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Lexicalization patterns of prepositions -- The Dutch spatial preposition "in": A cognitive-semantic analysis -- Dividing up physical and mental space into conceptual categories by means of English prepositions -- On the grammar of lexical and non-lexical prepositions in English -- Prepositions: patterns of polysemization and strategies of disambiguation -- 2. Semantic categorization of prepositions and context -- Prepositions and object concepts: A contribution to cognitive semantics -- Semantic and conceptual aspects of the preposition durch -- The meaning of German projective prepositions: A two-level approach -- 3. Contrastive implications of prepositions -- German temporal prepositions from an English perspective -- On universality and variability in the semantics of spatial adpositions -- Interpreting and translating prepositions: A cognitively based formalization -- 4. Image understanding and prepositions -- A three-level approach to the semantics of space -- Computing the meaning of localization expressions involving prepositions: The role of concepts and spatial context -- A contribution to reference semantics of spatial prepositions: The visualization problem and its solution in VITRA -- Index