Fitting Polymeaning Word: Word Character Division, Frequent Binding and Inter-Sentential Congruency

What is it about?

It was proposed by Cai the words/grammar/episodic (semantic/syntactic/episodic) linguistic model, able to understand the congruent meaning of polymeaning word in sentence/paragraph via episodic word-congruency supported by N400/P600 brain reaction. Herein, it is highlighted three types of episodic word-congruency: (i) stepwise congruent comprehension of words in sentence by congruency of word characters, including the zoological/organizational/range/relation/logic/physical/categorical characters for pronouns/nouns, affective/behavioral/range/relation/logic/characteristic/changing characters for verbs, and affective/behavioral/range/relation/logic/characteristic/changing/spatial/temporal characters for adjectives/adverbs; (ii) frequent word binding as phrases, idioms, etc; (iii) inter-sentential episodic congruency with two subtypes, as the meaning of polymeaning-word congruent with the thematic field of paragraph, and the pronoun inter-sentential transferring the range/relation/logic word characters of corresponding noun. Altogether, it requires episodic word-congruency to understand the sentence containing polymeaning words.

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Why is it important?

Three types of episodic word-congruency as word character division, frequent binding and inter-sentential congruency can help determine one congruent meaning of polymeaning word in sentence, so that help understand the language from word to sentence to paragraph.

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