Two studies on prototype semantics: xiao ‘filial piety’ and mei mianzi ‘loss of face’
基型意义之研究："孝"与"面子"
Shuanfan Huang 黄宣范

Abstract 摘要
The prototype structures of two social activity terms, xiao ‘filial piety’ and mei mianzi ‘loss of face’, were experimentally investigated. The data were subjected to an ANOVA based on the within-subjects design. All of the main effects were found to reach significance and the relative weight of the prototype elements proposed for each of the two terms was consistent across all situations. These results provide strong support for the particular prototypes proposed and for the accuracy of the experiments in tapping behavior relevant to social life. The paper concludes with some methodological reflections on the adequacy of the questionnaire method as an experimental tool.

本文以实验方法研究“孝”和“面子”两词的基型意义结构。并依组内实验设计把资料作变异分析。实验结果发现所有的主要效果均达显着标准，同时本文所设立之基型成分的相对重要性在所有的情况下都表现相当之一致性。这些实验结果一方面支持基型意义理论的假设，也说明实验方法可以精确地寻求出人类社会行为之内涵。

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