講演抄録/キーワード |
講演名 |
2017-07-22 16:40
A model of semantic linguistic composition under conditions of morphosyntactic underspecification: the case of eventive iteration construal Maria Mercedes Pinango・○Yao-Ying Lai(Yale Univ.) TL2017-21 |
抄録 |
(和) |
It is observed that in English the composition of a semelfactive predicate, jump, and a for-adverbial, such as 1_"Frances jumped for an hour," engenders an iterative reading (Frances jumped repeatedly for an hour). Previous studies report that this iteration generation engenders processing cost (vs. 2_"Frances ran for an hour"). The cost is captured by the Partition Measure (PM) hypothesis, which argues that for-adverbials contain a universal quantifier that quantifies over the subintervals of the interval that they denote (e.g., hour). A non-infinitesimal partition measure interpretation of the subintervals yields an iterative reading, construed out of the local lexical meaning of the verbal denotation (e.g. jump). An infinitesimal partition measure yielding a continuous reading (one jumping event), implausible in (1), is nonetheless always available and cost-less.
Crucially, this account predicts that an iterative reading emerging from the composition of a for-adverbial with a "durative" predicate, as in 3_"Frances ran for 10 years", also engenders cost from the necessary PM construal, this time from the entire sentential context.
For-adverbial composition thus demands a partition measure obtained from structured individuals--entities with structured subparts. The relation between the sub-parts, i.e., non-infinitesimal vs. infinitesimal, yields the iterative vs. continuous readings observed.
A Self-Paced Reading_Study.1 and an fMRI_Study.2 from our lab show that, as predicted, both iterative conditions--punctual_1 & durative_3--are costly vis-a-vis no-iteration_2. fMRI results also show brain activation consistent with the source of partition measure: lexical vs. sentential, and convergent deactivation, consistent with the partition-measure search.
The observed PM retrieval process evidences a model of real-time sentential semantic composition that demands (a) rich lexical meanings whose full realization depends on key contextual information; (b) a search process that uses lexical vs. sentential locality as a processing complexity metric, and (c) a conceptual structure system that ultimately resolves the underspecified lexical variables. |
(英) |
It is observed that in English the composition of a semelfactive predicate, jump, and a for-adverbial, such as 1_"Frances jumped for an hour," engenders an iterative reading (Frances jumped repeatedly for an hour). Previous studies report that this iteration generation engenders processing cost (vs. 2_"Frances ran for an hour"). The cost is captured by the Partition Measure (PM) hypothesis, which argues that for-adverbials contain a universal quantifier that quantifies over the subintervals of the interval that they denote (e.g., hour). A non-infinitesimal partition measure interpretation of the subintervals yields an iterative reading, construed out of the local lexical meaning of the verbal denotation (e.g. jump). An infinitesimal partition measure yielding a continuous reading (one jumping event), implausible in (1), is nonetheless always available and cost-less.
Crucially, this account predicts that an iterative reading emerging from the composition of a for-adverbial with a "durative" predicate, as in 3_"Frances ran for 10 years", also engenders cost from the necessary PM construal, this time from the entire sentential context.
For-adverbial composition thus demands a partition measure obtained from structured individuals--entities with structured subparts. The relation between the sub-parts, i.e., non-infinitesimal vs. infinitesimal, yields the iterative vs. continuous readings observed.
A Self-Paced Reading_Study.1 and an fMRI_Study.2 from our lab show that, as predicted, both iterative conditions--punctual_1 & durative_3--are costly vis-a-vis no-iteration_2. fMRI results also show brain activation consistent with the source of partition measure: lexical vs. sentential, and convergent deactivation, consistent with the partition-measure search.
The observed PM retrieval process evidences a model of real-time sentential semantic composition that demands (a) rich lexical meanings whose full realization depends on key contextual information; (b) a search process that uses lexical vs. sentential locality as a processing complexity metric, and (c) a conceptual structure system that ultimately resolves the underspecified lexical variables. |
キーワード |
(和) |
Semantic composition / Underspecification / for-adverbials / event construal / partition measure / self-paced reading / fMRI / lexical meaning and context |
(英) |
Semantic composition / Underspecification / for-adverbials / event construal / partition measure / self-paced reading / fMRI / lexical meaning and context |
文献情報 |
信学技報, vol. 117, no. 149, TL2017-21, pp. 43-43, 2017年7月. |
資料番号 |
TL2017-21 |
発行日 |
2017-07-15 (TL) |
ISSN |
Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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