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Weyl construction of sl_n representations

Consider a finite dimensional vector space $V$ and the general linear group $GL(V)$ acting on it. Both $GL(V)$ and the symmetric group $S_d$ act on the tensor product of $d$ copies of $V$, and by Weyl construction there corresponds to each partition of $d$ a representation of $GL(V)$. Taking $V=\mathbb{C}^n$ this in turn determines a representation of lie algebra $sl_n \mathbb{C}$.

My question is: What if we have an $sl_n\mathbb{C}$ structure on some space other than $\mathbb{C}^n$, do we have the same construction?

George
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