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Figure 5. The mental spaces set up by the second interpretation of the sentence in the film, John is riding a unicorn.-Representing Mental Spaces and Dynamics of Natural Language Semantics

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  • 1. Department of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

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Second interpretation: The proper name John exists only in film space without having a
counterpart in base space. Therefore, the second interpretation of the sentence is: John is a
film character who is riding a unicorn in the film (Figure 5).

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