This study of the meaning and use of the major spatial prepositions in French provides valuable insight into the way in which the human mind organizes spatial relationships. Vandeloise offers numerous examples supporting the view that language is adapted to a conceptualization of physical space that is subjective rather then objective. Thus, while many of the examples apply in English as well as in French, there are some noteworthy differences--in French one sits on a chair, but in a couch. Vandeloise convincingly argues that it is precisely this subjective element which makes a standard geometrical account unfeasible.