Abstract
This chapter discusses three prepositions with an exclusively temporal meaning, which include since, until/till, and during and three more that have a temporal primary meaning, which include after (and afterward(s)), before (and beforehand), and past. It examines a preposition with temporal meaning that is more closely linked to a noun phrase (NP) with a spatial or relational sense and is demonstrated by the possibilities for placement in questions. A preposition with temporal meaning is closely tied to its following NP. The chapter elaborates how both preposition and NP may be moved to the front of the sentence but not the NP alone when the NP is put into question form. Since, till/until, after, and before have an unusual grammatical property as they can mark a peripheral constituent that is either an NP or a declarative clause.
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