Thematic role properties of subjects and objects
Thematic role properties of subjects and objects
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cognition.2005.08.002
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2006-08-01
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3.4
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Kako, Edward
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作者：
Kako, Edward
本文检验了关于主位角色施事者和受事者的两种说法：第一，它们可以被分解为更原始的特征，如Dowty（1991）的原型角色假设所述;第二，这些属性可以直接从语法角色主语和宾语推断出来。在实验一和实验二中，被试对带有真实的动词的及物句的主语和宾语的原型角色属性进行了评价。受试者被评定为比对象更像代理人，而对象被评定为比受试者更像患者。实验3使用了带有无意义实词的及物性句子（例如，“The rom mecked the zarg”）。即使在没有已知动词的情况下，结果也是一样的。实验4研究了推论预测，主题和对象不应该不同的语法无关的属性（如“液体”），这一预测得到证实。在实验5中，动词不允许对象（如“落”，“爆发”）被放置在及物框架。结果与实验I至3相同。此外，动词的语义被框架改变，表明参与者试图融合动词的语义与框架。这些推论的可能来源被认为是。(c)2005 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
This paper tests two claims about the thematic roles Agent and Patient: first, that they can be decomposed into more primitive features, as laid out in Dowty's (1991) Proto-Roles Hypothesis; and second, that these properties can be inferred directly from the grammatical roles subject and object. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants rated the Proto-Roles properties of the subject and object of transitive sentences with real verbs. Subjects were rated as more Agent-like than object, while objects were rated as more Patient-like than subjects. Experiment 3 used transitive sentences with nonsense content words (e.g. "The rom mecked the zarg"). Even in the absence of a known verb, the results were the same. Experiment 4 examined the corollary prediction that subjects and objects should not differ on grammatically irrelevant properties (e.g. "being liquid"); this prediction was confirmed. In Experiment 5, verbs that do not permit objects (e.g. "fall," "erupt") were placed in the transitive frame. Results were the same as in Experiments I through 3. Moreover, the semantics of the verb were altered by the frame, indicating that participants tried to fuse the semantics of the verb with those of the frame. Possible sources of these inferences are considered. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.