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  • Fontaine's Notion That Context of Culture "Captures" The Potential Of Language
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  • "This Proposal Would Have To Be Examined And Evaluated"
  • "If We Consider The Possibility That The Lexical Item Construes The Meaning Potential Of The Lexeme"
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