Conceptual Structure and Argument Structure in a Natural Language Lexicon

该研究关注自然语言的句法和语义/概念知识的表示，特别关注必须在词汇中表示的信息的结构。首席研究员将采用语言的模块化理论，其中语言信息（如语法）和非语言信息（如概念）以不同的方式编码，每一种都有自己的特征原语和组合原则。首席研究员之前的工作支持了语言信息本身必须被分解成自主表征的一般观点，每个表征都有自己的原则。

The study concerns the representation of syntactic and semantic/conceptual knowledge of natural language with a particular focus on the structure of information which must be represented in the lexicon. The principal investigator will adopt a modular theory of language in which linguistic information (e.g. syntax) and nonlinguistic information (e.g. concepts) are encoded in distinct fashions, each with their own characteristic primitives and principles of combination. Previous work by the principal investigator supports the general idea that linguistic information itself must be factored into autonomous representations, each regulated by its own principles.