Costello F J, Keane M T
School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland.
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2001 Jan;27(1):255-71.
People often interpret novel noun-noun combinations by transferring a property from one constituent concept of the combination to the other. Two theories make different predictions about these "property" interpretations. Dual-process theory predicts that properties transferred will be alignable differences of the concepts being combined. Constraint theory predicts that properties transferred will be diagnostic properties of the concepts in which they originate. An experimental study tested these contrasting predictions in interpretation comprehension and interpretation production tasks. The results showed that participants reliably preferred diagnostic property interpretations, whether alignable or nonalignable, in both tasks. There was no reliable preference for alignable interpretations in either task. This confirms constraint theory's predictions about property interpretations and goes against the predictions of dual-process theory.
人们常常通过将组合中一个构成概念的属性转移到另一个概念上来解释新颖的名词-名词组合。两种理论对这些“属性”解释做出了不同的预测。双加工理论预测，转移的属性将是被组合概念的可对齐差异。约束理论预测，转移的属性将是其起源概念的诊断属性。一项实验研究在解释理解和解释生成任务中测试了这些相互矛盾的预测。结果表明，在这两项任务中，参与者都可靠地倾向于诊断属性解释，无论其是否可对齐。在任何一项任务中，对可对齐解释都没有可靠的偏好。这证实了约束理论对属性解释的预测，与双加工理论的预测相悖。
