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Are there spatial prepositions? Claude Vandeloise, Louisiana State University A negative answer may be given by those who believe that prepositions can be used in any domain and that the spatial domain has no priority over the other domains. My answer depends on whether space is conceived as an abstract entity described by geometry or topology or as an indispensable component of our experience of the world. We will see that geometric tools such as Cartesian axes and topological notions such as contact and inclusion do not explain accurately the distribution of prepositions. However, if space is considered as a component of our concrete external experience, as opposed to our internal mental experience, I believe that concrete spatial uses of many prepositions play a determinant role in the elaboration of their total distribution. Geometry and topology describe essentially static situations. Spatial experience, in contrast, is constituted of actions and...

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