Nearness as context-dependent expression: an integrative review of modeling, measurement and contextual properties

Abstract

Nearness expressions such as "near" are context-dependent spatial relations and are subject to the context variability effect. Depending on the provided context, "near" has a different semantic extension. We perform a literature review to identify the effect of context on "near". To integrate the insights from different disciplines, we apply Turney's contextualisation framework which distinguishes between two types of features: primary and contextual. Primary features are the qualitative and quantitative distance measures and contextual features are the context factors used 1