题目： Symmetrical Shapes and Their Transformation at the C/I. Interface
主讲人： 法国国家科学研究中心 Pierre Pica教授
时间： 2024-07-01 16:00 至 2024-07-01 18:00
地点： 教二111
主办单位： 语言学系 乔姆斯基研究所
讲座内容：

Pierre Pica教授目前为法国国家科学研究中心研究科学家，研究领域为理论语言学、句法学。

教育背景：

硕士学位 1970-1974，巴黎三大，专业:语言学

博士学位 1988，巴黎八大，专业:语言学

博士后 1987-1988 麻省理工学院，专业:认知科学

We present a framework according to which the C/I interface contains a few sets of instructions related to the expression of a small number of virtual symmetrical semantic shapes.

We show that these symmetrical shapes can be associated to the mental representation of  a larger number of more complex asymmbsetrical shapes, which are then analyzed as the result of transformations of more basic shapes.

Developing an analysis of mundurucu classifiers, we show how such a framework enables us to explain how a single classifier related to the expression of a single symmetrical (round) shape, as in awewe-da ('beetle') where da makes reference to a round and hard object, can also be used to express various asymmetrical shapes, as in mutaxi-da ('manioc root'), where da makes reference to an elongated tuber.

We claim that the realization of the asymmetrical shapes themselves is not represented within the language faculty, in line with an internalist view of semantics, but should be understood as a performance phenomenon.