Conocimiento del mundo y restricciones de selección en la semántica de marcos: una aproximación lingüística y psicolingüística

Identifier:  TDX:3110

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX3110

Authors:  Vela Candelas, Juan

Abstract:
This work aims to be a theoretical and experimental contribution that accounts for the notions of selectional restriction and world knowledge from the perspective of Frame Semantics, gathering tools and data from both the field of Psycholinguistics and Theoretical Linguistics. The will of restrictive semantic theories to maintain world knowledge on the other side of their borders gave rise to a problematic conception of selectional restrictions that had to be quickly abandoned. Moreover, Cognitive Linguistics renewed the interest on Semantics, but no explicit definitions on selectional restrictions were provided. This disinterest in Linguistics contrasts with the neat variety of experimental studies that, in the field of Psycholinguistics, address the influence of these two notions in language processing, and demonstrate that restrictions are part of world knowledge. Based on this background, we have formulated a theory of selectional restrictions in which we define them as the conceptual content of the stereotypical participants of an event. Likewise, we demonstrate the need to postulate maximally idiosyncratic restrictions, which leads us to propose the existence of semantic microframes, that is, specific semantic frames of each verbal sense that constitute the locus of the selectional restrictions.