This article reviews the work on frames in the last decade by a Düsseldorf research group. The research is based on Barsalou's notion of frames and the hypothesis that the frame is the general format of categorization in human cognition. The Düsseldorf frame group developed formal definitions and interpretations of Barsalou frames and applied the theory in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. This review focuses on applications of the theory in semantics. The Düsseldorf approach grounds the analysis of composition in deep decomposition of lexical meanings with frames. The basic mechanism of composition is unification, which has deep repercussions on semantic theory and practice: Composition produces structured meanings and is not necessarily deterministic. The interaction of semantic and world knowledge can be modeled in an overall frame model across levels of linguistic analysis. The review concludes with a brief report on the development of hyperframes for dynamic verbs and for cascades, a model for multilevel categorization of action. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Linguistics, Volume 7 is January 14, 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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语言和认知界面的框架

本文回顾了杜塞尔多夫研究小组在过去十年中在框架方面的工作。该研究基于 Barsalou 的框架概念以及框架是人类认知中分类的一般格式的假设。杜塞尔多夫框架组开发了 Barsalou 框架的正式定义和解释，并将该理论应用于语言学、哲学和心理学。本综述着重于该理论在语义学中的应用。杜塞尔多夫方法将组合分析建立在对带有框架的词汇意义的深度分解中。组合的基本机制是统一，它对语义理论和实践产生了深刻的影响：组合产生结构化的意义，不一定是确定性的。语义和世界知识的交互可以在跨语言分析级别的整体框架模型中建模。审查最后简要报告了动态动词和级联的超框架的开发，这是一种多级动作分类模型。《语言学年度评论》第 7 卷的预计最终在线出版日期为 2021 年 1 月 14 日。有关修订后的估计，请参阅 http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates。