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.

概念组合是结合来自两个（或更多）概念的信息以产生新概念的过程（例如，将狗和房屋结合起来以生成狗屋）。概念上的组合很有趣，因为1）它提供了有关单个概念理论的适当性的信息，因为概念的理论需要提供基础以说明概念组合的基础，2）它提供了有关语言系统与概念系统之间关系的信息，因为许多概念组合在产生和解释名词派遣的背景下发生在许多词语中，并为许多词提供了一个常见的词语和3）的创建和3）。 该研究项目的最终目标是创建更完整的概念组合关系解释理论。 “关系解释”是指以下事实：概念组合通常是使用狗的房子等关系链接来解释的，例如狗屋的释义。该项目将通过研究如何详细说明关系解释来发展大米（关系解释竞争评估）理论（Spalding，Gagné，Mullally和Ji，2010年）。也就是说，像狗屋这样的组合的全部含义如何从关系解释中发展出来。如果通过稻理论中描述的关系过程来解释合并的概念，则必须从要点进行阐述。例如，考虑像狗屋这样的组合。如果要点是“狗的房子”，那么详细说明将在此基础上进行。另一方面，如果要点是“有狗的房子”，那么阐述将大不相同。一个简单的例子，一个狗的房子不会建议不要门把手，而有狗的房子（即，由有狗的家庭拥有的房子）会暗示有门把手的存在。了解详细过程对于创建完整的概念组合理论至关重要。