刊讯｜SSCI 期刊《认知语言学》2023年第3-4期

COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS

Volume 34, Issue 3-4, 2023

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目录

ISSUE 3-4

RESEARCH ARTICLES

■ Cross-modal iconicity and indexicality in the production of lexical sensory and emotional signs in Finnish Sign Language, by Jarkko Keränen, Page range: 333-369.

■ The next station: chunking of değİl ‘not’ collocations in Turkish Sign Language, by Bahtiyar Makaroğlu, Page range: 371-409.

■ Running across the mind or across the park: does speech about physical and metaphorical motion go hand in hand?, by Wojciech Lewandowski, Şeyda Özçalışkan，Page range: 411-444.

■ The language of sound: events and meaning multitasking of words, by Jenny Hartman, Carita Paradis，Page range: 445-477.

■ Updating constructions: additive effects of prior and current experience during sentence production, by Malathi Thothathiri, Natalia Levshina，Page range: 479-502.

■ Investigating the psychological reality of argument structure constructions and N1 of N2 constructions: a comparison between L1 and L2 speakers of English， by Yingying Liu, Kevin McManus，Page range: 503-531.

■ Semantic micro-dynamics as a reflex of occurrence frequency: a semantic networks approach, by Andreas Baumann,  Klaus Hofmann, Anna Marakasova, Tanja Wissik，Page range: 533-568.

摘要

Cross-modal iconicity and indexicality in the production of lexical sensory and emotional signs in Finnish Sign Language

Jarkko Keränen，Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Jyvaskyla, Finland

Abstract In the present study, cross-modal (i.e., across sensory modalities such as smell and sound) iconicity (i.e., resemblance) and indexicality (i.e., contiguity) in lexical sensory and emotional signs in Finnish Sign Language will be considered from an articulatory perspective (i.e., the production of signs). Such cross-modal iconicity has not been extensively studied previously, so here, with the help of cognitive semiotics, I aim to carefully describe the cross-modal patterns observed across 118 signs, including 60 sensory signs and 58 emotional signs. The analysis is framed within the theoretical model of Semiotic Hierarchy, which entails a non-reductionist view of meaning. In addition, a pheno-methodological triangulation will be applied: phenomenology (first-person method), literature of phenomenological and semiotic descriptions (second-person perspective) and experimental findings (third-person perspective). The results of this analysis show that (a) 71 of the 118 sensory and emotional signs are cross-modally indexical, (b) only 10 of the 71 signs can be regarded as cross-modally iconic, (c) cross-modal iconicity is highly diagrammatic, (d) iconicity and indexicality are highly integrated, and (e) articulatory feedback matters in the formation of semiotic patterns. This study contributes to our understanding of cross-modal iconicity in signed languages, as well as studies in semiotic systems more generally.

Key words ：cross-modal; iconicity; indexicality; cognitive semiotics; signed language

The next station: chunking of değİl ‘not’ collocations in Turkish Sign Language

Bahtiyar Makaroğlu，Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye

Abstract More recently, grammaticalization theorists have become increasingly aware of the role of collocations in grammatical development. One of these roles is to define phonetic reductions and fusion in frequent collocations as constructionalization. Based on frequency of occurrences, the present study explores the implications of high-frequency collocations in Turkish Sign Language for grammaticalization and offers a novel account of constructional change of değİl ‘not’ on usage-based grounds. Specifically, the study suggests that (i) the chunking process is not language-specific within the spoken modality, as noted previously in the literature, (ii) the frequency of collocations is strongly correlated with phonetic reduction and duration, (iii) the fusional characteristics of [sign + değİl] collocations can be classified under four reduced constructional schemas, (iv) the monosyllabicity of a scheme appears to be criterion for it to be productive in signed modality and (v) the semantic changes of frequent [sign + değİl] collocations are related to the notion of subjectification in TİD.

Key words ：grammaticalization; collocations; schematicity; morphological productivity; subjectification

Running across the mind or across the park: does speech about physical and metaphorical motion go hand in hand?

Wojciech Lewandowski, Department of Romance Studies, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Şeyda Özçalışkan，Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Abstract Expression of physical motion (e.g., man runs by) shows systematic variability not only between language types (i.e., inter-typological) but also within a language type (i.e., intra-typological). In this study, we asked whether the patterns of variability extend to metaphorical motion events (e.g., time runs by). Our analysis of randomly selected 450 physical motion (150/language) and 450 metaphorical motion (150/language) event descriptions from written texts originally produced by German, Polish, and Spanish authors showed strong inter-typological differences in the expression of both event types. German and Polish speakers differed from Spanish speakers in how they packaged manner and path components of a motion event; they also differed in how extensively they expressed each component in their lexicalization of motion. The strong inter-typological differences were accompanied by more modest intra-typological variability: Polish and German writers differed in their packaging and lexicalization of manner and path components of metaphorical—but not physical—motion events. Our results provide evidence for robust inter-typological differences evident in the expression of both physical and metaphorical motion, along with less robust intra-typological differences, largely evident in the expression of metaphorical motion. Our study thus highlights event type as an important factor in determining crosslinguistic variation in motion expression.

Key words ：metaphorical motion; physical motion; inter-typological variation; intra-typological variation

The language of sound: events and meaning multitasking of words

Jenny Hartman, Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Carita Paradis，Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Abstract The focus of much sensory language research has been on vocabulary and codability, not how language is used in communication of sensory perceptions. We make a case for discourse-oriented research about sensory language as an alternative to the prevailing vocabulary orientation. To consider the language of sound in authentic textual data, we presented participants with 20 everyday sounds of unknown sources and asked them to describe the sounds in as much detail as possible, as if describing them to someone who could not hear them. We explored how the participants use language to describe these sounds. Do they describe their listening experiences (stressful), sound properties (intermittent beeping), and/or the events that caused the sounds (eating an apple)? The results show that out of these three soundscape elements, events are the most frequent and most indispensable element. We let the results from the study illustrate the need for more discursive data in studies of sensory language and argue that there is no designated language of sound. Our study highlights that in order to account for sensory language use, we need an analytical framework that accommodates discursive language in a non-trivial way beyond stable couplings between individual words and meanings.

Key words ：cognitive semantics; construal; soundscapes; everyday sounds

Updating constructions: additive effects of prior and current experience during sentence production

Malathi Thothathiri, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, USA; Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Natalia Levshina，Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Abstract While much earlier work has indicated that prior verb bias from lifelong language experience influences language processing, recent findings highlight the fact that verb biases induced during lab-based exposure sessions also influence processing. We investigated the nature of updating, i.e., how prior and current experience might interact in guiding subsequent sentence production. Participants underwent a short training session where we manipulated the bias of known English dative verbs. The prior bias of each verb for the double-object (DO) versus the prepositional-object (PO) dative was estimated using a corpus. Current verb bias was counterbalanced and controlled experimentally. Bayesian mixed-effects logistic models of participants’ responses (DO or PO) during subsequent free-choice production showed that both the prior and current verb biases affected speakers’ construction choice. These effects were additive and not interactive, contrary to the prediction from error-based learning models. Semantic similarity to other verbs and their experimentally manipulated biases influenced sentence production, consistent with item-based analogy and exemplar theory. These results shed light on the potential mechanisms underlying language updating and the adaptation of sentence production to ongoing experience.

Key words ：dative constructions; verb bias; error-based learning; exemplar theory; Bayesian regression

Investigating the psychological reality of argument structure constructions and N1 of N2 constructions: a comparison between L1 and L2 speakers of English

Yingying Liu, Department of English, College of Foreign Languages, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Kevin McManus，Department of Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Abstract This study examined L1 and L2 English speakers’ sensitivity to constructional meaning by investigating their categorization of Noun1 of Noun2 constructions (e.g., results of studies) and argument structure constructions (e.g., Tom cut the bread). Participants were 40 L1 English speakers and 44 intermediate proficiency Chinese-speaking learners of L2 English, who completed two online sorting experiments. In each experiment, participants were instructed to (i) sort the stimuli according to their overall meaning and (ii) provide explanations for their sorting decisions. Results showed that EFL users preferred construction-based sorting for the argument structure stimuli but not the Noun1 of Noun2 stimuli. However, L1 English speakers showed a preference toward word-based sorting for both construction types. Participants’ self-reported explanations for their sorts nonetheless indicated sensitivity to the constructional meanings of argument structure constructions and Noun1 of Noun2 constructions. Additionally, language users were found more likely to produce construction-based sorts with more time spent on the task.

Key words :construction grammar; sorting experiment; Noun1 of Noun2

Semantic micro-dynamics as a reflex of occurrence frequency: a semantic networks approach

Andreas Baumann, Department of European and Comparative Literature and Language Studies (EVSL), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Klaus Hofmann, Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anna Marakasova, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna, Austria

Julia Neidhardt, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna, Austria

Tanja Wissik，Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Abstract This article correlates fine-grained semantic variability and change with measures of occurrence frequency to investigate whether a word’s degree of semantic change is sensitive to how often it is used. We show that this sensitivity can be detected within a short time span (i.e., 20 years), basing our analysis on a large corpus of German allowing for a high temporal resolution (i.e., per month). We measure semantic variability and change with the help of local semantic networks, combining elements of deep learning methodology and graph theory. Our micro-scale analysis complements previous macro-scale studies from the field of natural language processing, corroborating the finding that high token frequency has a negative effect on the degree of semantic change in a lexical item. We relate this relationship to the role of exemplars for establishing form–function pairings between words and their habitual usage contexts.

Key words : semantics; diachronic linguistics; corpus linguistics; semantic networks; German

期刊简介

Objective目标

Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon.

《认知语言学》为各种语言学研究语言与认知的相互作用提供了一个论坛。该期刊专注于语言作为组织，处理和传达信息的工具。《认知语言学》是一本具有国际范围的同行评审期刊，旨在仅发表代表认知语言学理论或方法的重大进步的作品，或呈现未知或未充分研究的现象的作品。

Topics主题

the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery); 自然语言分类的结构特征（如原型性、认知模型、隐喻和意象）

the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity;标示性说明的语言组织的功能原理

the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics;语法与语义之间的概念界面

the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background;语言使用的体验背景，包括文化背景

the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity语言与思想的关系，包括普遍性和语言特异性问题

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