Figure and Ground Theory, FGT for short in the thesis, is one of the most influential theories in cognitive stylistics.

图形背景理论，在本文中称为FGT，是认知文体学中比较有影响力的理论之一。

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The thesis first introduces the main cognitive theories such as figure-ground theory, image schema and conceptual metaphor.

本文介绍了认知语言学中的主要理论模式，即图形-背景、意象图式、概念隐喻。

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Figure-ground theory derives from psychology and is used by cognitive linguists to analyze the meaning of linguistic structures, that of prepositions in particular.

图形-背景论源于心理学，后由认知语言学家用来研究语言结构的意义，尤其是介词的意义。

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First, subtraction is a ground level strategy, not a high altitude theory, and is what people want me to talk about in speeches and seminars.

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In theory Mr Bini Smaghi can stand his ground, appealing to the sacred principle of ECB independence, which should mean that he cannot be ousted from the board on political grounds.

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But the company has followed a theory that the best way to sow fertile financial ground for the future is to burn through a lot of cash now.

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