Conceptual Combination and Modification

概念组合与修改

• 批准号: 250028-2013
• 负责人: Spalding, Thomas
• 金额: $ 2.11万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=570796
• 关键词: Conceptual; Combination; Modification

Conceptual combination is the process of combining information from two (or more) concepts to generate a new concept (e.g., combining dog and house to generate doghouse). Conceptual combination is interesting in that 1) it provides information about the adequacy of theories of individual concepts, in the sense that theories of concepts need to provide the underpinnings to account for conceptual combination, 2) it provides information about the relation between the language system and the conceptual system, because much conceptual combination occurs in the context of producing and interpreting noun phrases, and 3) it provides the basis for the creation of compound words, a common process in many languages. The ultimate goal of this research project is the creation of a more complete theory of relational interpretation of conceptual combinations. "Relational interpretation" refers to the fact that conceptual combinations are often paraphrased using relational links such as house FOR a dog, as the paraphrase for doghouse. This project will develop the RICE (Relational Interpretation Competitive Evaluation) theory (Spalding, Gagné, Mullaly, & Ji, 2010), by investigating how relational interpretations are elaborated. That is, how does the full meaning of a combination like doghouse develop from the relational interpretation. If combined concepts are interpreted via the relational process described in the RICE theory, then the elaboration must proceed from the gist. For example, consider a combination like doghouse. If the gist is "house for a dog" then the elaboration proceeds on that basis. On the other hand, if the gist was "house that has a dog" then the elaboration would proceed quite differently. As a simple example, a house for a dog would suggest no doorknobs, while a house that has a dog (i.e., a house owned by a family that has a dog) would suggest the presence of doorknobs. Understanding the elaboration process is critical to creating a complete theory of conceptual combination.

概念组合是将来自两个(或多个)概念的信息组合在一起以生成一个新概念的过程(例如，将狗和房子组合以生成狗舍)。概念组合的有趣之处在于：1)它提供了关于单个概念理论充分性的信息，因为概念理论需要提供解释概念组合的基础；2)它提供了关于语言系统和概念系统之间关系的信息，因为许多概念组合发生在产生和解释名词短语的语境中；3)它为复合词的创造提供了基础，这在许多语言中都是一个常见的过程。 本研究项目的最终目标是建立一个更完整的概念组合的关系解释理论。“关系解释”指的是这样一个事实，即概念组合经常被用关系链接来解释，比如狗的家，就像对狗的家的解释。这个项目将通过调查关系解释是如何阐述的来发展赖斯(关系解释竞争评估)理论(Spalding，Gagné，Mullaly，&Ji，2010)。也就是说，像狗屋这样的组合的完整意义是如何从关系解释中发展出来的。如果组合概念是通过赖斯理论中描述的关系过程来解释的，那么阐述必须从主旨出发。例如，考虑像狗舍这样的组合。如果主旨是“狗的房子”，那么阐述就是在这个基础上进行的。另一方面，如果主旨是“有狗的房子”，那么阐述的过程就会截然不同。举个简单的例子，养狗的房子会建议没有门把手，而有狗的房子(即有狗的家庭所有的房子)会建议有门把手。理解细化过程对于创建一个完整的概念组合理论至关重要。