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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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1 Introduction: space, geometry, mind |
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1 | (14) |
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2 | (2) |
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4 | (3) |
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1.4 Space, situation and deixis |
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2 Viewpoint, reference frames and transformations |
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15 | (35) |
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2.1 Physical space: prepositions, deixis and reference frames |
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16 | (13) |
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2.2 The abstract deictic space |
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29 | (13) |
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2.3 Further characteristics of the deictic space |
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42 | (8) |
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3 Distance, direction and verbs |
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50 | (56) |
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3.1 Vectors, discourse entities and reference frames |
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52 | (8) |
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3.2 Displacement vectors and verbs of motion |
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60 | (11) |
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3.3 Force vectors and transitivity |
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71 | (35) |
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4 Event types and cognitive operators |
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106 | (27) |
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4.1 Temporal aspects of happenings: event types |
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108 | (8) |
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4.2 Tense forms as cognitive operators: instancing and presenting |
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116 | (15) |
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4.3 Instancing and presencing in the past |
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131 | (2) |
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5 Times, tenses and reference frames |
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133 | (24) |
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5.1 A present of present things |
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135 | (5) |
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5.2 A present of past things |
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140 | (3) |
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5.3 A present of future things |
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143 | (8) |
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5.4 The putative future: a reference frame solution |
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151 | (6) |
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6 Counterfactual reflections |
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157 | (21) |
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158 | (1) |
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6.2 If-sentences and counterfactual conceptions |
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159 | (4) |
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6.3 Tense in the modal mirror |
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163 | (4) |
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6.4 The geometry of If-sentences |
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167 | (6) |
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6.5 Through the looking glass: counterfactual If-sentences |
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173 | (3) |
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6.6 Concluding reflections |
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176 | (2) |
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7 Reference frames and other minds |
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178 | (32) |
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7.1 Epistemic reference frames |
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179 | (1) |
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7.2 That-ness and other-ness |
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180 | (3) |
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7.3 Other minds as reference frames |
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183 | (17) |
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7.4 Connections and disconnections across parallel worlds |
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200 | (10) |
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8 Mental distance and complement clauses |
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210 | (19) |
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8.1 Verb meanings and clausal complements |
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210 | (5) |
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8.2 The meaning of that, to, ing and zero |
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215 | (6) |
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8.3 Constructions with the verb seem |
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221 | (6) |
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8.4 Further notes on seeming |
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227 | (2) |
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9 Verbs, complements and their conceptual effects |
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229 | (27) |
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9.1 To Constructions and grammatical subjects |
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229 | (10) |
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9.2 Modelling ing constructions |
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239 | (4) |
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9.3 Modelling zero constructions |
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243 | (5) |
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9.4 Overview of alternations and restrictions |
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248 | (8) |
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256 | (25) |
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10.1 Deontic meanings presuppose epistemic meanings |
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256 | (4) |
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260 | (14) |
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11 Concluding perspectives |
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281 | (32) |
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282 | (2) |
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11.2 Space, the brain and language |
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284 | (15) |
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11.3 Deictic Space Theory and the brain |
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299 | (6) |
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11.4 Deictic Space Theory and the mind |
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305 | (6) |
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11.5 In conclusion: Deictic Space Theory and metaphor |
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311 | (2) |
| Appendix |
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313 | (2) |
| References |
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315 | (15) |
| Index |
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