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Conceptual alternativity
A term coined by Leonard Talmy. Relates to the ability to conceptualise a member of one domain, for instance time, in terms of another, for instance space. Conceptual alternativity is facilitated by a conceptual conversion operation and is encoded by a given linguistic unit such as closed class forms.
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