Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Words and the World -- 1. OUT is leaving a container -- 2. INis entering or being inside a container -- 3. INTO is entering a container -- 4. UPis positive verticality -- 5. DOWN is negative verticality -- 6. OFF is breaking contact -- 7. AWAY is disappearing -- 8. ON is contact -- 9. OVER is higher than and close to -- 10. BACK is returning -- 11. ABOUT is dispersion -- 12. (A)ROUND is vicinity or circular motion -- 13. ABOUT/(A)ROUND is dispersion vs. circular motion -- 14. ACROSS is motion to opposite side -- 15. THROUGH is crossing a container -- 16. BY is vicinity or path -- 17. ALONG is parallel path or entity