DISCOURSE, SEMANTICS, AND SYNTAX

描述：（研究者摘要）信息通过 语言通常很容易理解。 通常， 信息--语义的、句法的、实用的、社会的--被处理， 有意识的意识。 本提案所述研究的目标是 来研究这些方面是如何相互作用的。 使用语言 最近研究的焦点，研究 研究动词的语义表征如何决定 句法短语的语篇相关意义，词汇事件 结构可以导致对信息的理解， 歧义，以及句法短语如何区分信息 这是目前可以在一个话语和信息，必须 从长期记忆中提取 在每一种情况下，都提出了新的假设 并设计了心理语言学实验来验证这些假设。 所提出的假设代表了一种新的观点之间的关系 句法、词义（词汇语义学）和话语处理。 这一观点与当前其他观点的不同之处在于， 句法结构和词汇句法结构作为语义和 话语信息，强调互动 语篇、语义学和句法学的研究。 这种观点是新的， 心理学，所以一个目标是从具体的例子到一般的工作 框架. 一旦取得重大进展，后果应 对于理解损害语言的病理学 和开发补救治疗。 此外，理解 语篇、语义和句法的相互作用将是必不可少的， 设计和改进计算机辅助阅读和理解设备。

DESCRIPTION: (Investigator's abstract) 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 proposal is to investigate how several of these facets interact. Using linguistic constructions that have been focal points of recent research, the research investigates how the semantic representations of verbs determine the discourse-relevant meanings of syntactic phrases, how lexical event structures can lead to comprehension of information that is inherently ambiguous, and how syntactic phrases can distinguish between information that is currently accessible in a discourse and information that must be retrieved from long-term memory. In each case, new hypotheses are offered and psycholinguistic experiments are designed to test the hypotheses. 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. This view is new to psychology and so one aim is to work from specific examples toward a general framework. 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.