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Publication details [#10693]
Fauconnier, Gilles. 1984. Espaces mentaux: Aspects de la construction du sens dans les langues naturelles. Minuit. 216 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
French
Annotation
A proposal for a theory of linguistic semantics. It is based on the idea that expressions of language are not interpreted directly via truth conditions. Rather, expressions help to build up mental spaces, internally structured and linked to one another.