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Part 1 Image schemes and construal relations: Some properties andgroupings of image schemes, Alan Cienki; Construal transformations - internaland external viewpoints in interpreting containment, Robert B. Dewell; Therole of figure, ground, and coercion in aspectual interpretation, NaokoHayase; Verb-first constructions in German, Holger Diessel; The mentalmanipulation of the vertical axis - how to go from 'up' to 'out', or from'above' to 'behind', Lena Ekberg; A prosodic/pragmatic explanation for worldorder variation in ASL with typological implications, Ronnie Wilbur. Part 2Grammatical morphemes versus lexical units: Japanese ni - the particulars ofa somewhat contradictory particle, Kaori Kabata, Sally Rice; Observations onWanka Quechua conjecture marking and subjectification, Rick Floyd;Implementation of the FIGURE-GROUND distinction in Polish, Laura Janda;Genitives and von-datives in German - a case of free variation, Petra Campe;Two way prepositions in German - image and constraints, Carlo Serra Borneto.Part 3 Grammaticalization processes: The conventional association of a lexemewith a metaphor - the case of the Wolof verb fekk-e, Ezra Moore; Conceptualblending - the Afrikaans verbs doen 'do' and maak 'make', Willem J. Botha;The Spanish copulas SER and ESTAR, Nicole Delbecque; The English tense-systemas an epistemic category - the case of futurity, Frank Brisard; Fromattribution/purpose to cause - image schema and grammaticalization of somecause markers in Japanese, Yo Matsumoto. Part 4 Degrees of transitivity:Reflexive markers in Polish - participants, metaphors, and constructions,Barbara Dancygier; Transitivity and the incorporation of ground informationin Japanese path verbs, Victoria Muhleisen, Mutsumi Imai; The Samoantransitive suffix as an inverse marker, Kenneth William Cook; Thetransitive-ergative interplay and the conception of the world - a case study,Maartem Lemments; The relationships between verbs and constructions, AdeleGoldberg; German impersonal passive, Carlee Arnett; An account of implicitcomplement control in English and German, Klaus-Uwe Panther; Predicateadjuncts and subjectification, Marjolijn H. Verspoor.