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mental spaces: a standalone construct

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Semantics

partial mental models set up as discourse unfolds, such as hypothetical, past or belief spaces, linked by connectors that explain reference and presupposition behaviour.

In semantics, mental spaces refers to partial mental models set up as discourse unfolds, such as hypothetical, past or belief spaces, linked by connectors that explain reference and presupposition behaviour. This meaning comes from Fauconnier (1985) in Mental spaces.[1]

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belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs discourse6 fields · 10 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs mental model3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one phrase, three objects

References

Fauconnier, G. (1985). Mental spaces. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521449496

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