Spatial prepositions for original (and richer) meanings: the case of Spanish

Spatio-temporal prepositions like hasta ‘until’ find crucially distinct uses across Spanish varieties. In many cases, disallowed in more restrictive variants alternate nontrivially with canonical P distribution, raising pressing questions on spatiotemporal prepositions, lexicalized denotational properties, and their potential exploitation complex semantic representations. Central American varieties particular, Ps ‘up to’ show puzzling behavior two instances: (i) spatial situation verbs copulas, nondynamic, nondurative predications locating an object relative to a perspectival landmark; (ii) punctual verbs, situating the V-described happening distal (temporal) vantage point. Both cases are unexpected for general crosslanguage principles touching aspectual requirements imposed by projective or directional specific nature of combined. Here, we draw condition otherwise unpredicted building location extend analysis accommodate progressive locative/temporal domain accordingly. We follow premise that directional/projective express directions interval, such can be defined either inherent ground properties position observer. noncanonical uses, contend, is situated landmark serving as origo relevant conceptual space. Polar coordinates guarantee proper inclusion all points path, accommodating negation effects