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28 Jan 2015
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English (US)
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Japanese
Question about English (US)
if the preposition “at” codes a situation in which the trajector and landmark are construed as points,why can we say “there's a queue at the counter” when both a queue and a counter are more naturally conceptualised as lines rather than as points?
if the preposition “at” codes a situation in which the trajector and landmark are construed as points,why can we say “there's a queue at the counter” when both a queue and a counter are more naturally conceptualised as lines rather than as points?
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