Mandler J M
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0515.
Psychol Rev. 1992 Oct;99(4):587-604. doi: 10.1037/0033-295x.99.4.587.
A mechanism of perceptual analysis by which infants derive meaning from perceptual activity is described. Infants use this mechanism to redescribe perceptual information into image-schematic format. Image-schemas create conceptual structure from the spatial structure of objects and their movements, resulting in notions such as animacy, inanimacy, agency, and containment. These earliest meanings are nonpropositional, analogical representations grounded in the perceptual world of the infant. In contrast with most perceptual processing, which is not analyzed in this fashion, redescription into image-schematic format simplifies perceptual information and makes it potentially accessible for purposes of concept formation and thought. In addition to enabling preverbal thought, image-schemas provide a foundation for language acquisition by creating an interface between the continuous processes of perception and the discrete nature of language.
本文描述了一种婴儿从感知活动中获取意义的感知分析机制。婴儿利用这种机制将感知信息重新描述为图像图式格式。图像图式从物体的空间结构及其运动中创建概念结构，从而产生诸如有生命、无生命、能动性和包含性等概念。这些最早的意义是非命题性的、基于婴儿感知世界的类比表征。与大多数不以这种方式分析的感知处理不同，重新描述为图像图式格式简化了感知信息，并使其有可能用于概念形成和思考。除了支持前语言思维外，图像图式通过在连续的感知过程和语言的离散性质之间创建接口，为语言习得提供了基础。
