Taxis of following in German

This article examines the issue of actualization of primary taxis categorical situations of following in the German language. The material of the research was statements with monotaxis prepositions of temporal semantics seit, nach. In the course of the study, it was found that in the examined statements with monotaxis prepositions of temporal semantics seit, nach, primary-taxis categorical situations of following two varieties are actualized: strict following and non-strict following. The monotaxis preposition of temporal semantics nach marks primary-taxis categorical situations of strict following, and the monotaxis preposition seit is a marker of primary-taxis categorical situations of non-strict following.