To be or not to be? Linking linguistic negation and non-linguistic cognition

生存还是毁灭？

• 批准号: 419433647
• 负责人: Dr. Carolin Dudschig
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung Kognition und Sprache
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-31 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/419433647?language=en
• 关键词: Linking; linguistic; negation; non; cognition

Despite a growing number of studies investigating negation as a linguistic operator, essential questions regarding negation processing are largely unresolved at present. This project addresses two overarching research questions. First, the question regarding the continuity of cognition by investigating the shared mechanisms between linguistic and non-linguistic cognition. Second, the question regarding the role of sensorimotor processes in the understanding of complex linguistic operators (i.e. negation). Thus, this project aims to contribute to the clarification of two central research strands within cognitive psychology; namely, the question of the validity of the current language comprehension models and the associated general question about the similarity between linguistic and non-linguistic processing mechanisms. These questions will be addressed through three subordinate research objectives: (A) Non-Linguistic Mechanisms: Does negation integration fall back on or use mechanisms that are known from other types of information processing that are not typically regarded as core linguistic processes? Here, it will be closely investigated how general mechanisms well studied within experimental psychology (e.g. inhibition, control) are activated during negation processing. (B) Basic Negation: Does the negation operator alone show any impact on information processing and what is the nature of this impact? (C) Pre-Linguistic Relicts: Does negation processing activate specific aspects of behavioural relicts that potentially stem from pre-verbal actions of negating (e.g. pushing away behavioural tendencies; specific facial expressions)? Overall, it is expected that this project will move the understanding of negation processing forward by identifying specific mechanisms involved during negation integration. Thereby it is expected, that this project provides a significant contribution to the above mentioned central questions in cognitive psychology.

尽管越来越多的研究将否定作为一种语言操作符进行研究，但关于否定加工的基本问题目前还没有得到解决。该项目解决了两个首要的研究问题。第一，通过考察语言认知和非语言认知之间的共享机制来探讨认知的连续性问题。第二，关于感觉运动过程在理解复杂语言算子（即否定）中的作用的问题。因此，该项目旨在澄清认知心理学中的两个中心研究方向，即当前语言理解模型的有效性问题和有关语言和非语言处理机制之间相似性的相关一般问题。这些问题将通过三个从属的研究目标来解决：（A）非语言机制：否定整合是否依赖于或使用从其他类型的信息处理中已知的机制，这些信息处理通常不被视为核心语言过程？在这里，我们将仔细研究在实验心理学中研究得很好的一般机制（例如抑制、控制）是如何在否定处理过程中被激活的。(B)基本否定：否定运算符本身是否对信息处理有任何影响，这种影响的性质是什么？(C)前语言遗迹：否定加工是否激活了行为残余的特定方面，这些行为残余可能源于否定的前言语行为（例如，推开行为倾向;特定的面部表情）？总体而言，预计该项目将通过确定否定整合过程中涉及的具体机制来推动对否定处理的理解。因此，预计该项目将对认知心理学中的上述中心问题做出重大贡献。