Abstract
MoreandmorelinkedopendataandusergeneratedcontentsarepublishedontheWebaftertheSemanticWebhasbeenproposed;thewebisnowchangingfromthewebofdocumenttowebofdata,whichcontainsabundantentitiesandrelations.KnowledgegraphhasbeenfirstproposedbyGoogle,whichisfocusedondescribingvariousrealworldentitiesandconcepts,andtheirrelations.Knowledgegraphisanewvisionofontology;aknowledgegraphextendsanontologyintheentitylevel.Ontologyusuallyfocusesonconceptsandtheirrelations,whichspecifiestheschemaofknowledgegraph;andknowledgegraphaddsalargenumberofentitiesintoontology.Knowledgegraphiswidelyusedinsemanticsearch,intelligentquestion-answering,knowledgeengineering,datamining,anddigitallibrary.
Thisthesisstudiesknowledgeconstructionfrommultipledatasourcesbasedonthecurrentresearchachievementsaboutknowledgegraphandontologyconstruction.Themainworksandcontributionsofthisthesisareasfollows,1.Thisthesisexploitsthestructuredandsemi-structureddataonthewebforknowledgeconstruction,suchaslinkedopendata,onlineencyclopedias,anddomainwebsites,whichhavehighcoverageandquickupdatespeed.Thisthesisexplainshowtoextractandlearnknowledgefromthem,andhowtoensurethequalityoftheconstructedknowledgegraph.
2.Westudyonconstructknowledgegraphfrommultipledatasourcesandcombinetheadvantagesofthem,includingthegoodprecisionofthedatainrelationdatabases,thehighcoverageofthelinkedopendataandpublicknowledgebasesontheweb,andthedepthofthedomainorienteddata.Thethesisproposesaknowledgeconstructionmethodfromthesemultipleresources,andensurestheprecisionofthelearntknowledgegraphbasedontheredundanciesofdifferentresources.
3.Thisthesisalsoexplainshowtoexactknowledgefromlarge-scalewebtextandproposesanopenrelationextractionmethodbasedonself-supervisedlearning.Theextractedrelationsincludesynonym,hyponymyandattributerelationsamongconceptsandentities.
Themainadvantageofthemethodisthatitlabelstrainingsamplesautomaticallybyusingknowledgeextractedfromstructureddataorsemi-structureddataandsomegeneralheuristicrules.Inordertoobtaintextautomatically,thisthesisalsoproposesaheuristicrulebasedwebinformationextractionalgorithmtoextractmaincontentofwebpages.
4.Fordomainknowledgegraphconstruction,thisthesisalsofocusesonhowtousethedomainstructureddataanddesignsamappinglanguagewhichspecifieshowtomapdatainrelationdatabasesintoknowledgeinknowledgegraph.Thisthesisalsostudieshowtoautomaticallydiscoverdomaindatasourcesuchasopendomainknowledgebasesandwebsitesontheweb5andproposedacorrespondingalgorithm.
5.Thisthesisalsodevelopsanonlinecollaborativeknowledgegrapheditplatformwhichtriestoleveragecrowd-wisdomforknowledgegraphgeneration.Themainadvantagesoftheplatformareitsabilityforconcurrentediting,anditcouldcombinewiththeautomaticallearningalgorithms.
Finally,weconstructageneralknowledgegraphwith7,392,384entitiesand60,842,064factsbasedontheproposedalgorithms.Whilecomparingtheconstructedknowledgegraphwithotherknowledgedatabasesanddatasets,wefindithasgoodcoverage;meanwhile,theaverageprecisionoftheknowledgeisabove95%.Moreover,weconstructadomainknowledgegraphaboutfisheswhichcontainsmorethan32thousandsfishspecies;itsgoodcoveragecomesfromtheusageofexistingmostcompletedatasources.
Abstract
ThepresentpaperexploresthecategorizationofChineseandEnglishthree-wordidiomsanddiscussesthedifferencesofthesyntacticfunctionsbetweenthoseidiomsofthetwolanguages.Thecategorizationofthree-wordidiomsismotivatedbytheclassificationofidiomsinFillmoreetal.⑴andtheautonomy/dependencealignment[2].Toimprovetheclassification,wealsoborrowtheconceptofchemical-bond.Inthepresentstudy,verbsinthethree-wordidiomsareseenasequaltothemetallicionsinchemistry.BothChineseandEnglishthree-wordidiomscanbedividedintoionic-bondtypeandcovalent-bondtype.
Moreover,basedonthemodeloftheautonomy/dependencealignment,theChinesethree-wordidiomscanbefurtherclassifiedinto11subtypes,whileEnglishthree-wordidiomswillbecategorizedinto9subtypes.
Thecontrastiveresearchofthesyntacticfunctionsisconductedonthebasisoftheclassification.WestartwiththecontrastivestudyofthecategorizationbetweenChineseandEnglishthree-wordidioms.Qualitativestudyisthefirststepinthediscussionofthesyntacticfunctions.Theexamplesareobtainedthroughthecorpusandthesyntacticfunctionsofthethree-wordidiomswillbeanalyzedwithinthesentences.Indeed,wecandrawsomeconclusionsfromthequalitativestudy,butthelackofrepresentativenessandreliabilitymakesthestudyincomplete,callingforththequantitativestudy.Inthepresentpaper,1000Chinesethree-wordidiomsand1000Englishthree-wordidiomsarepickedupfromtheDictionaryofIdiomsfromtheAncientChineseNovelsandNTC'sAmericanIdiomsDictionaryrespectively.
WiththeassistanceofSPSSandcorpus,wehavedonesomedataprocessingonthesyntacticfunctionsofthethree-wordidioms.Aspecialnoteforthisisthatthechi-squaretestinSPSSwillprovethereliabilityandrepresentativenessofthesampletestinthepresentstudy.
Wefind,firstofall,32.3%oftheEnglishcovalent-bondidiomsactasobjectsorsubjectsinthesentencesand67.7%asmodifiersorcomplements;25.7%oftheChinesecovalent-bondidiomsactasobjectsorsubjectsand74.3%asmodifiersorcomplements.
Secondly,alloftheEnglishionic-bondidiomscanfunctionaspredicatesand97.8%ofthemcanalsobemodifiersorcomplements;86.5%ofChineseionic-bondidiomsactaspredicatesand13.5%asmodifiersorcomplements.Accordingtothis,thedifferenceandsimilarityofthesyntacticfunctionsbetweenChineseandEnglishthree-wordidiomscanbeconcludedasfollows:alltheEnglishionic-bondidiomsactaspredicateswhileinChineseover80%oftheionic-bondidiomsfunctionaspredicatesleaving13.5%functioningasmodifiersorcomplements;thesyntacticfunctionsofcovalent-bondidiomsaresimilarinChineseandEnglish:about70%ofthecovalent-bondidiomsfunctionasmodifiersorcomplementswhileabout30%actasobjectsorsubjects.
Thefindingsofthiscontrastivestudywillhelpanalyzethesyntacticfunctionsofthethree-wordidiomsinthesentencesandassistthetranslationofthethree-wordidioms.
Moreover,thepresentstudyisthefirstresearchontheclassificationofthree-wordidioms,which,wehope,willbeofhelpforthestudyofidioms.
Abstract
Golfappareliscategorizedasoutdoorwears.Originatedinthe14thcenturyinScotland,golfwasanaristocraticsportwithalonghistoryanditwasvotedasthecompetitioneventinthe2016OlympicGames.Asasportinheritingthearistocratictraditionandculture,golfapparelalsounderwentdrasticreformsandevolutionsfromatraditionalaristocraticphasetoamodernstyleandfromacomplicatedpatterntoasimpletrend.Golfappareliscategorizedasoutdoorclothingcatalogueinthewesternpartofthedresssystem.Unlikeathleticsportswear,itlikescasualclothingratherthanathleticsportswear.Likehunting,shooting,horseracingandfishingwhichEnglish-speakingcountrygentlemenpursued,golfrepresentsawayoflife.GolfapparelexperiencedachangefromcomplextosimpleandsawthecreationofsomeclassicoutdoorclothingsuchastheNorfolkjackets,casualjacket,Polo-shirt,etc.Thismanuscriptfocusedonanalyzingtheevolutionofgolfapparelfromthe20thcenturytilltoday.Historicaloriginsandperspectiveofthegolfapparelwasdiscussedtofacilitatetheunderstandingofitshistoryandculture.Thisstudyalsoinvestigatedtherevolutionofthegolfapparelinspiredbythemoderntechnologyandinreverse,itslong-termimpactonthedailylifestyles.
Abstract
Withtheriseofinternationalcommunication,learningEnglishhasbecomeanindispensibletaskfacedbytheminoritynationalitiesinChina.Hence,thenumberoftrilingualisrocketing.Amongthem,Mongoliantrilingualisfeaturedwithuniqueness.
Thisarticleinvolvesfourgroupsofcognitiveexperimentfromvisualandauditorychannels,aimingtoexplorethetimecourseofsemanticactivationintheprocessoflexicalaccess,theimpactofcharactersandspeechonlexicalaccessofEnglishandtherelationshipofL3(English)toLI(Mongolian)andL3(English)toL2(Chinese)。
Thedesignisbasedonevent-relatedpotentials(ERPtechnology),whichrecordsthesensoryactivityandcognitiveprocessonlinecontinuously.SeparatingERPcomponentsfromthescalptodeterminethepsychologicalactivityofactivatedbrainarea,wecmlocatetheendogenousnerveofovertbehavior.Thestudyresultsserveasaneffectivesupplementincognitivestudyofvocabulary.Besides,itcanprovidetheoreticalguidanceforEnglishteaching.
Specificconclusionsinclude:1)TheexitsofprimingeffectinallfourgroupsofexperimentindicatethelexicalconceptofMongolian,ChineseandEnglishisstoredtogether.Allthreelanguageshassharedsemanticlayerbutdifferentconceptlayers,andtheconceptualrepresentationofEnglish(L3)isaccessedthroughtranslationofMongolian(LI)andChinese(L2)asmediation;2)Intermsoftheinteractionofthreelanguages,MongoliancollegestudentsarebetteratthejudgmenttaskwhenthematerialpresentedisL3(English)toL2(Chinese)ratherthanL3(English)toLI(Mongolian),whichcanbededucedthatthethirdlanguageacquisition(English)dependslargelyonthesecondlanguage(Chinese)ratherthantheirmothertongue(Mongolian);3)TheemergenceofP300indicatestheprocessingofspeechtakeplacebeforesemanticprocessingofEnglishvocabulary.Inaddition,thesemanticprocessingtakesshortertimethoughtherepresentationofspeechthancharacters.ThosefactsproveMongoliantrilingualachievesemanticaccesswiththehelpofspeechactivation,whichislargelyaffectedbytheirmothertongue.
Abstract
Emotionalmeaningplaysanimportantroleindiscoursecomprehension.Itisoftheoreticalsignificanceandimportantapplicationvaluetodeeply.revealreaders'specificcognitiveprocessesinmindwhentheycomprehendemotionsindiscourse.
However,traditionalliteraryanalysisregardsemotionsindiscourseasrhetoricaleffectsandresultsofartisticexpressionswithinternalcomprehensionprocessesneglected.
Psychologicallinguisticsandcomputationallinguisticstreatthemasdirectinterpretationorreasoning,equatingpropositionalinformationwithcomprehensionresults.Cognitivepoeticsrevealsthatitisthetangibleemotionalresponsesthataretriggeredbyemotionalcomprehensionindiscourse,whichwilladverselyaffectthecomprehensionprocessingofdiscourse.Inthisprocess,readers'self-conceptandemotionalexperienceplayavitalpart.Butwhatpreviousstudieslackisthespecificdiscussionofinternalprocessesonthesephenomena.
Mentalspacesandconceptualintegrationtheory(MSCIforshort)targetdescribingmidexplainingonlinemeaningconstruction.Recently,researchesonpoetry,novelsandsuper-longtextsbymeansofMSCIareconstantlyemerging,whichhavebeenmakinglotsofcontributionstodiscourseinterpretation.However,asFreeman(2006)pointedoutthatdescribingandexplainingemotionsindiscourseisstillintheblank.ThisdissertationattemptstosolvetwoproblemsbymeansofMSCI:thefirstoneistheonlineprocessinvolvedinthecomprehensionofemotionalmeaning;thesecondoneistheimpactoftheseprocessesonmentalcoherenceindiscourse.
Tobridgethegap,thisstudydefinesemotionasanepisodeonthebasisoftherecentdevelopmentofcognitivescience,andanalyzesthebasicdepartmentsandmentalcomponentsofemotionalprocessandtherelationshipsamongtheseingredientsaccordingtotheepisodemodelofemotions.Then,theon-lineemotionalmeaningconstructionindiscoursecomprehensionisanalyzedwithexamples,whichdistinguishesdifferentemotionalmentalspacesaccordingtotheirmentalmechanism.
Particularly,integrationprocessesinvolvedinon-lineemotionalmeaningconstructionindiscoursecomprehensionareprobed,includingthenatureofcognitiveoperationandvitalrelationssuchasselectivemappings,etc.Furthermore,anexperimentisconductedtoinvestigatetheunderstandingdifferencesundertheconditionofdifferentemotionalprompts.Finallyweanalyzetheconnectingandnestedrelationbetweenemotionalmentalspacesformedthroughon-lineemotionalmeaningconstructionindiscoursecomprehensionandthecorrespondingconceptualintegrationprocesswithexamples.
Morethanthat,thedifferencesarecomparedbetweenmentalcoherenceindiscoursetakenshapebyemotionalmentalspacesandtheirconceptualintegrationprocessesandthestructureformedbytraditionaldiscretefactorsliketime,space,cause-effect.What'smore,thispaperattemptstoanalyzemediumandmacroscopicstructureofdiscoursefromtheperspectiveofemotions.
Thefindingsofthisresearchareconcludedasthefollowing:Firstly,thecomprehensionprocessmustcontainconceptualintegrationprocessofactivatinglong-termmemorytobuildupexperientialspace,andthefusionofexperientialspaceandnarrativespacetoshapeintoblendedspace.Blendedspacedemonstratestheemergentpropertyofemotionalmentalspaceinthecaseofemotionalarousalsexcludedandincluded.“Eventcognition-emotion”relation,“emotion-consequentbehavior”
relationand“emotion-cognitivecolor”relationaretheveryvitalrelationsinthecomprehensionprocessofemotions.Thesevitalrelationsarethecognitivemechanismof“emotion-cognition”interaction.“Emotion-cognition”interactivemechanismisthespecificmechanismofcognitiveoperation(includingcomposition,completion,elaborationandsoon)inemotionalmentalspace.Itmakesemotionalandnarrativedescriptionindiscoursemutuallynurishandpromotetomanifestthegestalteffect(Thewholeisgreaterthanthesumofitsparts.),engenderingrichbeyondliteralmeaningsandtwo-wayvalue-addedpragmaticeffect.
Secondly,Itisdemonstratedthat“eventcognitionemotion”relation,“emotion~consequentbehavior”relation,“emotion-~cognitivecolor”relationandemotionalcontraststructuremakeemotionalinformationindiscourse(oftenconstructedbeyondliterally)andrichnarrativecontentnaturallyjointtogether,andunitecharacters,scenes,events,etc.,inrelatedcontents.Emotionexecutesfunctionsofreference,consistency,governace,reason,andintegrationinthesejoints.Onthemacroscopiclevel,emotionsactivatedinonlinediscourseprocessingbythereadercanimplementfunctionsofcompression,generalization,markandlayout,etc.forinformationindiscoursetoformglobalthematicimpressionofdiscourseandoutlinestructure.Thecoherentrelationshipandstructuregroundonemotionalmentalspacesystemisanewwaytotakeshapecoherentdiscourseandstructuredifferentfromgeneralcognitivefactors,suchastime,space,logic,comparison,analogy.Itmanifeststhedominanceofemotionalprocessingandspecialgestaltmentalrepresentationindiscourseby“emotion-cognition”interactivemechanism.
Ingeneral,thisresearchexplainsspecificemotionalmeaningbytheuseoftheintegratedrelationshipbetweenemotionalarousalsandcognitiveprocessingtobuildupthecompositionalviewofemotionalcomprehension.Itclassifies“eventcognitionemotion”relation,emotion一consequentbehavior,'relation,“emotion~cognitivecolor''relationandemotionalcontraststructureonthestrengthoftheanalysisofemotionalprocesstoformaunifiedtheoreticalframework,basedonwhichweanalyzeon-linemeaningconstructionandcoherentstructureofemotionaldiscourse.Italsopointsoutthenecessityofconceptualintegrationintheprocessofemotionalunderstandingindiscourse,whichmakesemotionalunderstandingembodiedandachievesgestaltcomprehensioneffectthroughinteractionbetweencognitionandemotion.What'smore,itproposesanewperspectiveofdiscoursecoherence,namelyemotionalmentalspaces,toanalyzelocal,mediumandmacroscopicstructureofcoherence,andthendiscoverstheindependentstructuralsystemofimplicity,depth,highorderandintegrationinemotionaldiscourse.Accordingly,theaboveinnovativeworkinthisstudyextendstheapplicationofMSCIandenrichestheexplanationofCognitiveLinguisticstodiscoursestructureandcoherence.What'smore,thisstudyalsoattemptstotestifyMSCIwithempiricalevidences.
Themainlimitationofthisstudyisfocusingonstaticdiscourse.Inaddition,theanalyzingmaterialsareconfinedtoChineseandlackmultilingualcontrastandcomparison.Futureresearchshouldfurtherdiscussinteractivediscourseanalysisandcontrastandcomparisonofcross-culturalcommunication.