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COSIT
2007
Springer
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Progress on Yindjibarndi Ethnophysiography
This paper reviews progress on the Ethnophysiography study of the Yindjibarndi language from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Concentrating on terms for water-related featu...
David M. Mark, Andrew G. Turk, David Stea
COSIT
2007
Springer
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Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Turn Direction Concepts
This paper discusses the conceptualization of turn directions along traveled routes. Foremost, we are interested in the influence that language has on the conceptualization of turn...
Alexander Klippel, Daniel R. Montello
COSIT
2007
Springer
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Spatial Reasoning with a Hole
Cavities in spatial phenomena require geometric representations of regions with holes. Existing models for reasoning over topological relations either exclude such specialized regi...
Max J. Egenhofer, Maria Vasardani
COSIT
2007
Springer
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Semantic Categories Underlying the Meaning of 'Place'
Abstract. This paper analyses the semantics of natural language expressions that are associated with the intuitive notion of ‘place’. We note that the nature of such terms is h...
Brandon Bennett, Pragya Agarwal