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.

概念组合是将两个（或多个）概念的信息组合起来生成新概念的过程（例如，将狗和房子组合起来生成狗屋）。概念组合的有趣之处在于：1）它提供了有关单个概念理论的充分性的信息，即概念理论需要提供解释概念组合的基础；2）它提供了有关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背景下；3）它提供了创建复合词的基础，复合词是许多语言中的常见过程。 该研究项目的最终目标是创建一个更完整的概念组合关系解释理论。 “关系解释”是指概念组合经常使用关系链接来解释，例如 house FOR a dogs，作为狗屋的解释。该项目将通过研究如何阐述关系解释来发展 RICE（关系解释竞争评估）理论（Spalding、Gagné、Mullaly 和 Ji，2010）。也就是说，像doghouse这样的组合的完整含义是如何从关系解释中发展出来的。如果通过 RICE 理论中描述的关系过程来解释组合概念，那么阐述必须从要点出发。例如，考虑像狗屋这样的组合。如果要点是“给狗的房子”，那么就在此基础上进行阐述。另一方面，如果主旨是“有狗的房子”，那么阐述的过程就会完全不同。举一个简单的例子，养狗的房子建议没有门把手，而养狗的房子（即养狗的家庭拥有的房子）建议有门把手。理解阐述过程对于创建完整的概念组合理论至关重要。