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"Image and Imagery ... describe our ability to construe a conceived situation in alternate ways--by way of alternate images--for purposes of thought or expression." (p.110)

"I employ such terms as sensory imagery, visual imagery, auditory imagery, etc., when there is any possibility of confusion." (p.110)

"expressions ... are often functionally equivalent but nonetheless different in meaning by virtue of the contrasting images they convey." (p.111)

"The contrasting images imposed on a scene amount to qualitatively different mental experiences. Consequently, the image embodied by a linguistic expression--the conventionally established way in which it structures a situation--constitutes a crucial facet of its meaning. The images employed to structure a situation vary with respect to a number of parameters. I will refer to such variation as focal adjustments .... Focal adjustments of selection determine which facets of a scene are being dealt with. Perspective relates to the position from which the scene is viewed. ... abstraction pertains to the level of specificity at which a situation is portrayed." (p.117)

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