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28 Jan 2015
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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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