| This paper introduces theoretical basis and core content of conceptual blending theory. A system of syntax-semantic interface is posed based on conceptual blending. It uses the system to explain the course of semantic construction and syntax-semantic realization.The paper includes 12 chapters and about 120.000 words.Chapter 1 is preface. This chapter provides informations of history, current situation, targets, values and measures of the study.Chapter 2 introduces the theoretical basis of conceptual from three areas of conceptual metaphor, frame transformation and nerve psychology. Conceptual blending draws on the experiences of the metaphor pattern and extends the two domains of metaphor to the four ones. Frame transformation can organize static frame meaning to the new frame again and constructs new meaning. The conceptual blending applies the dynamic frame transformation to selects input spaces as the blending frame. Conceptual blending theory can be proved being existed by the development history of blending function, nerve perception and operation mechanism of nerve biology, Event-related Brain Potentials experiment. Chapter 3 research the basis theory of conceptual blending which is mental space theory. Language can't bring meaning but it can guide it from mental space theory. Mental space theory is different from the possible world. The theory builds on the base of the second generation cognition science and originated from the development of cross-domain function, framed and point of view, and cognitive mappings. This chapter also introduces the Access Principle, space transformation and cognitive construction of mental space theory. Chapter 4 presents the basis frames, mapping types, blending networks types, operate mechanism and blending principles of conceptual blending theory. The blending spaces made up of two input spaces, a generic and a blending space. It comes into being emergent structure by the mapping and projection between different spaces. The mapping types have three which are projecting, scheme and pragmatics mappings. And the four types blending networks are simplex, mirror, single-scope and double-scope networks. There are two kinds of blending principles which are constitutive and governing principles. The head principle is human scale principle. Chapter 5 introduces the origination and development of the event structure theory used in syntax-semantics preface. The theory origins from the study of aspect of verb semantics and event research in logic semantics. The generate semantics deconstructed the event by predicate deconstruction in syntax study. From then on, event structure is used to the research of syntax-semantics preface. This research can be divided into two kinds: the first is mapping from lexicon to syntax, the second is mapping from event to syntax directly. Chapter 6 suggests a syntax and semantics realization pattern by three theories of conceptual blending, construction grammar and event structure. The syntax realization of grammar blending is represented from the syntactical structure based on the input spaces of conceived event and grammar construction by the mapping and projecting cross the spaces. And the semantic realization of grammar blending is represented from the conceived event based on the input spaces of syntactical structure and grammar construction by the mapping and projecting cross the spaces.Chapter 7 explores the semantic construction and syntax realization of supply sentence. The sentence is blended by the input spaces of"a certain amount of NP1 use a certain amount of NP2"and"a certain amount of NP2 supply a certain amount of NP1". The emergent meaning is"a certain amount of material supply a certain amount of people or things"through analyzing the blending characters. Chapter 8 explores the semantic construction and syntax realization of existing or appearing sentence. The sentence is blended by the input spaces of"the existing object exists (or lies on some status)"and"somewhere exists something". It can concludes that the emergent meaning is"somewhere exists the existing object lying on some status"through analyzing the blending characters. Chapter 9 explores semantics construction and syntax realization of instrument object sentence. The sentence is blended by the input spaces of"A acts P"and"A uses I". It can derive that the emergent meaning is"the subject selects the instrument when acting"through analyzing the blending characters. Chapter 10 explores the semantic construction and syntax realization of location object sentence. The sentence is blended by the input spaces of"A acts (P)"and"A is located in L". Through analyzing the blending characters, it can derive that the emergent meaning is"the subject selects location when acting". Chapter 11 explores the semantic construction and syntax of material object sentence. The sentence is blended by the input spaces of"A acts P"and"A uses M". It can derive that the emergent meaning is"the subject uses certain material when acting"by analyzing the blending characters.Chapter 12 is conclusion which sums up all the paper.
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