Where it’s at
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As adult native speakers of English, our intuitions about the use of spatial prepositions are quick and sure. However, these intuitions involve attention to a variety of geometric and extra-geometric aspects of the scenes we are describing (Coventry & Garrod, 2004; Feist & Gentner, 2003; Herskovits, 1986; Vandeloise, 2003). Although the role of geometric and extra-geometric factors in the meanings of many spatial terms has been receiving much attention, their role in the meaning of English at remains relatively understudied. In this paper, I describe two experiments which examined the factors involved in English speakers’ use and understanding of the preposition at.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005