A frame-based analysis of countability (C09)

基于框架的可数性分析 (C09)

• 批准号: 277165272
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research Centres
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/277165272?language=en
• 关键词: frame; based; analysis; countability; C09

The focus is on a frame-based analysis of the count/non-count distinction in natural language which might cover not only nouns denoting concrete objects/stuff (apple, water), but also abstract entities (love, thought) and verbal predicates of eventualities (walk, explode, burn two letters). The overarching question is which (if any) concepts and generalizations we developed for the analysis of concrete nouns are applicable to abstract nouns and ver-bal predicates, given that their lexical makeup lacks a space-time frame of reference for what is one individuat-ed entity in their denotation of the kind that concrete nouns specify. Our guiding idea is that what is ‘one’ event/abstract entity is indirectly determined via its temporal trace or objects it is related to (e.g., event partici-pants, paths) and may require a contextually-determined choice.

重点是对自然语言中可数和非可数的区别进行基于框架的分析，其中不仅包括表示具体物体/东西的名词(苹果、水)，还包括抽象实体(爱情、思想)和表示可能性的动词谓词(行走、爆炸、烧毁两个字母)。最重要的问题是，我们为分析具体名词而开发的概念和概括(如果有的话)适用于抽象名词和动词谓词，因为它们的词汇构成缺乏一个时空参照系，说明具体名词所指定的种类的表示是一个独立的实体。我们的指导思想是，什么是一个事件/抽象实体是通过其时间轨迹或与其相关的对象(例如，事件参与者、路径)间接确定的，并且可能需要上下文确定的选择。