Discourse, Semantics, and Syntax

描述(申请人提供)：通过语言传达的信息是 通常不费吹灰之力就能理解。通常情况下，消息的所有方面-- 语义、句法、语用、社交--都是在很少有意识的情况下处理的 意识。本申请中描述的研究的目标是 研究其中几个方面是如何交互的，特别是语义方面是如何 动词的表征决定了句法的语篇相关意义 建筑。新的假设将通过心理语言学进行检验 对来自大型语料库的自然产生的句子进行实验和分析。 所提出的假设代表了句法之间关系的新观点， 词义(词汇语义学)和语篇加工。是什么让 与其他当前的观点不同的是，强调句法和 词汇句法结构作为语义和语篇信息的载体， 强调对话语、语义、 和语法。一旦取得重大进展，后果应该是 显然是为了理解损害语言能力和 发展补救疗法。此外，对互动的理解 语篇、语义和句法将是设计和改进的关键 计算机辅助阅读和理解设备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Information conveyed through language is usually understood effortlessly. Typically, all facets of a message -- semantic, syntactic, pragmatic, social -- are processed with little conscious awareness. The goal of the research described in this application is to investigate how several of these facets interact, specifically how the semantic representations of verbs determine the discourse-relevant meanings of syntactic constructions. New hypotheses are to be tested through psycholinguistic experiments and analyses of naturally-produced sentences from a large corpus. The proposed hypotheses represent a new view of the relationships among syntax, the meanings of words (lexical semantics), and discourse processing. What makes the view different from other current ideas is the emphasis on syntactic and lexical-syntactic structures as carriers of semantic and discourse information, an emphasis that insists on interactive investigations of discourse, semantics, and syntax. Once significant progress is achieved, consequences should become apparent for understanding the pathologies that impair language faculties and developing remedial treatments. Furthermore, understanding of the interactions of discourse, semantics, and syntax will be essential in designing and refining computer assisted reading and comprehension devices.