어휘 의미의 심성적 체계 연구 -신경학적 연구들에 대한 교차 검토를 토대로-

Abstract

Oh, Choong Yeun, 2021. A study on the mental system of lexical meaning : Based on cross review of the neurological research, Korean Semantics, 72. This study is about the mental system in which lexical meaning exists as a neuro-psychological unit. As two opposing viewpoints on lexical meaning, Jackendoff(2002) argues that a concept is formed by basic functional qualities that exist in humans, and Fodor(1998) argues that concepts are recognized by inferential systems of information. In this paper, it was reviewed which approach is advantageous based on recent linguistic neurological studies. The neurological studies reviewed in this study are ‘semantic deficits’ and ‘self-queuing strategies’ by category in aphasia patients, common areas of neural activation for various practical meanings, global neurological activation patterns of sensory concepts in visually impaired patients, and specificity of mild cognitive impairment. Through the cross review of these neurological studies, it was considered that although lexical meaning develops from sensory information to abstract conceptual information. This study supported Fodor’s theory that the way in which concepts as lexical level are positioned in mental systems by connected inference between words rather than combinations of sub-semantic elements.