On Ancient Grammars of Space : Linguistic Research on the Expression of Spatial Relations and Motion in Ancient Languages This volume presents new research by the TOPOI group Spaces in Language on the expression of spatial relations in ancient languages. The six articles in this volume discuss static and dynamic aspects of the spatial grammars of Ancient to Medieval Greek Akkadian Hittite and Ancient Egyptian as well as field data on eight modern languages. All ancient language data are fully explained in linguistic glosses.