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Base space

The mental space which represents the starting point for a particular stage in discourse, such as the beginning of a conversation. The base space serves to set up the discourse; it is with respect to the base space that a mental spaces lattice is anchored. In ongoing discourse, the base space is the mental space to which the conversation can return at any time.

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