By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.

This technique is illustrated by Example Two (Figure 6) where the non-native speaker (NNS) is searching for the orthonym, proposes a German word which is then translated by one of the native speakers (NS) of French.

Other theoretical approaches that stress the primacy of space or spatial meaning in language with respect to other domains or meanings are localism and case grammar. In localism, spatial expressions are considered the most important category in the lexicon and in grammar.

Please switch off your mobile phone if travelling in the quiet carriage.