Database for Experimental Study of Frequency and Structure in Aphasic Language Production

Menn，Jurafsky，Ramsberger，Holland 98 - 18827摘要失语症语言产生的频率和结构：数据库和实验研究拟议的工作将创建一个英语动词和它们出现的“框架”的数据库，并开始研究这些动词的属性是否有助于解释失语症（脑损伤后的语言障碍）患者的一些问题。 大多数动作动词出现在主语是施事的框架中（“She sang”）;对于其他框架，主语经历了动作（“The apple fell”）;对于其他框架，主语的角色取决于动词是及物动词（“He melted the chocolate”），不及物动词（“The chocolate melted”）还是被动动词（“The chocolate was melted”）。要理解一个句子，听话人不仅要理解单词的意思，还要理解主语名词和动词的宾语所起的作用。数据库将列出几百个动词的框架以及每个框架在口语和书面语中的频率。 失语症患者难以理解和/或产生口语和书面语言。如果我们了解了这些疾病，我们就会更多地了解大脑是如何储存和处理语言的，我们也可能能够帮助失语症患者。该数据库将用于设计语言正常和受损的人如何理解和创造句子的研究。

Menn, Jurafsky, Ramsberger, Holland98-18827ABSTRACTFrequency and Structure in Aphasic Language Production: Data Base and Experimental Studies The proposed work will create a data base of English verbs and the 'frames' they occur in, and start to study whether the properties of those verbs can help to explain some of the problems of people with aphasia (language impairment after brain damage). Most action verbs occur in frames where subject is the agent ('She sang'); for others, the subject undergoes the action ('The apple fell'); for others, the role of the subject depends on whether the verb is transitive ('He melted the chocolate'), intransitive ('The chocolate melted'), or passive ('The chocolate was melted'). To understand a sentence, a hearer must understand not only the meanings of the words, but also the roles played by the subject noun and any objects of the verb. The data base will list the frames for several hundred verbs and the frequency of each frame in spoken and written text. People with aphasia have difficulty understanding and/or producing spoken and written language. If we understood these disorders, we would know more about how the brain stores and processes language, and we might also be able to help people with aphasia. The data base will be used in designing studies of how people with normal and impaired language understand and create sentences.