This paper investigates the connection between temporal logic and the semantics of some temporal expressions in English. Specii-cally, we show how the meanings of English temporal preposition-phrases can be expressed as modal operators in an interval-based temporal logic which we call ETL0. We show how cascaded temporal preposition phrases and temporal preposition phrases with complex complemen...

This paper reports research on temporal expressions shaped by a common temporal expression for a period of years modified by an adverb of time. From a Spanish corpus we found that some of those phrases are agerelated expressions. To determine automatically the temporal phrases with such meaning we analyzed a bigger sample obtained from the Internet. We analyzed these examples to define the rele...

Background: Normal children understand and use embodiment metaphorical expressions since they start learning a language, but children suffering from William’s syndrome even in adulthood have little understanding of such expressions and they can hardly use them. Objectives: This study is an attempt to teach embodiment metaphorical expressions of 4.5-5 year old Persian children suffering...

This paper reports research on temporal expressions. The analyzed phrases include a common temporal expression for a period of years reinforced by an adverb of time. We found that some of those phrases are age-related expressions. We analyzed samples obtained from the Internet for Spanish and French to determine appropriate annotations for marking up text and possible translations. We present t...

In this paper interpretation principles for simple and complex frame-adverbial expressions are presented. Central to these principles is a distinction between p h a s e s and p e r i o d s together with the t e m p o r a l h i e rarchy , where multiple scales of time and relations can be expressed. A system, CLOCKWISE, has been implemented which interprets Swedish temporal expressions according...

This paper reports research on Spanish temporal expressions. The analyzed phrases include a common temporal expression for a period of years reinforced by an adverb of time. We found that some of those phrases are agerelated expressions. We analyzed a sample obtained from the Internet to determine the local context where the age-related meaning is unmistakable. We present the results for 21 sel...