survey: time and space

i was wondering how many of you have thought about the terms for time &
space in your conlangs. here are some interesting things i thought of:

- all languages have a way to question about time (when) and about space
(where). what about one that asks about both time & space (when & where)? if
one person says "i'm having a party", the other person could say
"when.and.where?" with a single word. related lexical items could be useful
when talking about relativity.

- in english, for greater and lesser amounts of time, we use 'long' and
'short'. these are the same terms that are used for length. do any languages
use physical dimensions for time besides length? such as height, "for a tall
time vs for a short time", or width, "for a wide time vs for a narrow time".
Or, does anyone use unique words pertaining only to the time dimension?
(this is what i intend to do in my language Minyeva).

- english uses the same word 'time' for 'time period' and 'time of an
event'. I know there are natlangs that make this distinction, but i'm
curious how widespread it is, or if english is the only one that doesn't
make the distinction.
--
Garrett Jones
http://www.alkaline.org

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