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This chapter is concerned with the structure that is ascribed to space and the objects within it by linguistic “fine structure,” that subdivision of language which provides a fundamental conceptual framework. The primary aim of the chapter is to characterize the general properties of this structuring and the linguistic-cognitive system in which it participates.
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Talmy, L. (1983). How Language Structures Space. In: Pick, H.L., Acredolo, L.P. (eds) Spatial Orientation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9325-6_11
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