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Figure, Mark Bernard Turner Jan 1998

Figure, Mark Bernard Turner

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This chapter reviews the origins of construction grammar, beginning with classical antiquity; analyzes the nature of figure in thought and multimodal communication; and provides an anchor for studies of figure in the basic mental operation of conceptual blending.