2004 年 11 巻 4 号 p. 25-66
This paper will report on how a new system of semantic processing could generatea breakthrough in concepts free from the limitations of conventional semantic processingbased on existing case patterns in existing thesauri.We will also discuss, inorder to realize a more advanced system of semantic processing, what kind of linguisticknowledge is needed.Finally, we will examine how to collect and structuralizethis knowledge.
Our assumptions are as follows: 1.A polysemy has one basic semantic core and manymeanings are derived from this semantic core, depending on how it is interpreted.2.When dealing with abstract concepts, we replace them with more concrete entitiesthat can be directly felt with five senses.Within the framework of basic Japanese and English verbs from which basic words are derived and through which we recognizeexternal objects, their core concepts will be analyzed.We will analyze “recognitionprimitives, ” from which we acquire meanings and usages for concrete objects.Wewill try to describe perceptible notions of these core concepts by analyzing a numberof important polysemous verbs.
