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Book Synopsis Spatial Language and Dialogue by : Kenny R. Coventry
Download or read book Spatial Language and Dialogue written by Kenny R. Coventry and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. Spatial language has occupied many researchers across diverse fields, such as linguistics, psychology, GIScience, architecture, and neuroscience. However, the vast majority of work in this area has examined spatial language in monologue situations, and often in highly artificial and restricted settings. Yet there is a growing recognition in the language research community that dialogue rather than monologue should be a starting point for language understanding. Hence, the current zeitgeist in both language research and robotics/AI demands an integrated examination of spatial language in dialogue settings. The present volume provides such integration for the first time and reports on the latest developments in this important field. Written in a way that will appeal to researchers across disciplines from graduate level upwards, the book sets the agenda for future research in spatial conceptualization and communication.
Book Synopsis Space in Languages by : Maya Hickmann
Download or read book Space in Languages written by Maya Hickmann and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space is presently the focus of much research and debate across disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. One strong feature of this collection is to bring together theoretical and empirical contributions from these varied scientific traditions, with the collective aim of addressing fundamental questions at the forefront of the current literature: the nature of space in language, the linguistic relativity of space, the relation between spatial language and cognition. Linguistic analyses highlight the multidimensional and heterogeneous nature of space, while also showing the existence of a set of types, parameters, and principles organizing the considerable diversity of linguistic systems and accounting for mechanisms of diachronic change. Findings concerning spatial perception and cognition suggest the existence of two distinct systems governing linguistic and non-linguistic representations, that only partially overlap in some pathologies, but they also show the strong impact of language-specific factors on the course of language acquisition and cognitive development.
Book Synopsis Spatial Cognition XII by : Jurǵis Šķilters
Download or read book Spatial Cognition XII written by Jurǵis Šķilters and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, held in Riga, Latvia, in September 2020. The physical event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 19 full papers and 6 short papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 50 submissions. They focus on the following topics: spatial representation and cognitive maps; navigation and wayfinding; spatial representation in language, logic, and narrative; and spatial abilities and learning.
Book Synopsis Spatial Cognition VII by : Christoph Hölscher
Download or read book Spatial Cognition VII written by Christoph Hölscher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-09 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the seventh volume of a series of books on fundamental research in spatial cognition. As with past volumes, the research presented here spans a broad range of research traditions, for spatial cognition concerns not just the basic spatial behavior of biological and artificial agents, but also the reasoning processes that allow spatial planning across broad spatial and temporal scales. Spatial information is critical for coordinated action and thus agents interacting with objects and moving among objects must be able to perceive spatial relations, learn about these relations, and act on them, or store the information for later use, either by themselves or communicated to others. Research on this problem has included both psychology, which works to understand how humans and other mobile organisms solve these problems, and computer science, which considers the nature of the information available in the world and a formal consideration of how these problems might be solved. Research on human spatial cognition also involves the application of representations and processes that may have evolved to handle object and location information to reasoning about higher-order problems, such as displaying non-spatial information in diagrams. Thus, work in s- tial cognition extends beyond psychology and computer science into many disciplines including geography and education. The Spatial Cognition conference offers one of the few forums for consideration of the issues spanning this broad academic range.
Book Synopsis Understanding Dialogue by : Martin J. Pickering
Download or read book Understanding Dialogue written by Martin J. Pickering and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a novel model, this book investigates the psycholinguistics of dialogue, approaching language use as a social activity.
Book Synopsis Spatial Cognition V by : Thomas Barkowsky
Download or read book Spatial Cognition V written by Thomas Barkowsky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Spatial Cognition 2006. It covers spatial reasoning, human-robot interaction, visuo-spatial reasoning and spatial dynamics, spatial concepts, human memory, mental reasoning and assistance, spatial concepts, human memory and mental reasoning, navigation, wayfinding and route instructions as well as linguistic and social issues in spatial knowledge processing.
Book Synopsis The Emerging Spatial Mind by : Jodie M. Plumert
Download or read book The Emerging Spatial Mind written by Jodie M. Plumert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-12 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the spatial mind develop? In this book, Jodie Plumert and John Spencer bring together the leading researchers from the field of spatial cognitive development to examine how the spatial mind emerges from its humble origins in infancy and becomes its mature, flexible, and skilled adult form. The work presented sheds light on how the emerging spatial mind is fostered and shaped over time by our experiences of thinking about and interacting in the space around us. Each chapter presents cutting-edge research and theory that addresses the two pivotal questions of what changes in the spatial mind, and how these changes come about. The authors provide both conceptual and formal theoretical accounts of developmental process at multiple levels of analysis--genes, neurons, behaviors, social interactions--creating a contemporary overview of the general mechanisms of cognitive change. Commentary chapters show how the developmental advances discussed in these accounts fit into our understanding of not only spatial cognitive development, but also spatial cognition more generally.
Book Synopsis Spatial Cognition XI by : Sarah Creem-Regehr
Download or read book Spatial Cognition XI written by Sarah Creem-Regehr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2018, held in Tübingen, Germany, in September 2018. The 22 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 44 submissions. They focus on the following topics: navigating in space; talking about space; agents, actions, and space; and individuals in space.
Book Synopsis Representing Space in Cognition by : Thora Tenbrink
Download or read book Representing Space in Cognition written by Thora Tenbrink and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how people talk about their environment, find their way in new surroundings, and plan routes. Leading scholars and researchers in psychology, linguistics, computer science, and geography show how empirical research can be used to inform formal approaches towards the development of intuitive assistance systems.
Book Synopsis Pragmatics of Space by : Andreas H. Jucker
Download or read book Pragmatics of Space written by Andreas H. Jucker and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of spatial configurations of language use and of language use in space. It consists of four parts. The first part covers the various practices of describing space through language, including spatial references in spoken interaction or in written texts, the description of motion events as well as the creation of imaginative spaces in storytelling. The second part surveys aspects of the spatial organization of face-to-face communication including not only spatial arrangements of small groups in interaction but also the spatial dimension of sign language and gestures. The third part is devoted to the communicative resources of constructed spaces and the ways in which these facilitate and shape communication. Part four, finally, is devoted to pragmatics across space and cultures, i.e. the ways in which language use differs across language varieties, languages and cultures.
Book Synopsis The Relationship between Language and Spatial Ability by : Angel Mizzi
Download or read book The Relationship between Language and Spatial Ability written by Angel Mizzi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates how different fifth-grade students solve spatial-verbal tasks and the role of language in this process. Based on a synthesis of theoretical foundations and methodological issues for supporting the relationship between spatial ability and language, this present study examines and classifies strategies used by students as well as the obstacles they encounter when solving spatial tasks in the reconstruction method.
Book Synopsis Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space by : Christian Freksa
Download or read book Spatial Cognition VI. Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space written by Christian Freksa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-10 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Spatial Cognition 2008, held in Freiburg, Germany, in September 2008. The 27 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on spatial orientation, spatial navigation, spatial learning, maps and modalities, spatial communication, spatial language, similarity and abstraction, concepts and reference frames, as well as spatial modeling and spatial reasoning.
Book Synopsis Space, Time, and the Use of Language by : Thora Tenbrink
Download or read book Space, Time, and the Use of Language written by Thora Tenbrink and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does temporal language depend on spatial language? This widespread view is intuitively appealing since spatial and temporal expressions are often similar or identical. Also, metaphors consistently express temporal phenomena in terms of spatial language, pointing to a close semantic and conceptual relationship. But what about the application of the two kinds of linguistic expressions in natural discourse? The book draws together findings on terms that describe the relation of objects or events to each other (such as in front / behind, before / after, etc.), highlighting the relationship between cognition and language usage. Using the method of cognitively motivated discourse analysis, novel empirical results are presented to complement earlier findings. The detailed investigation of a selected range of terms that appear to be parallel in space and time highlights both similarities and fundamental differences in their application. As a result, a new picture emerges: The concepts of space and time are represented in language usage in various systematic ways, reflecting how we understand the world - and at the same time reflecting how our concepts of space and time differ fundamentally. The volume contributes to a debate that has been of interest for cognitive linguists for several decades, concerning the understanding of transfer processes between two conceptually intertwined domains. The specific contribution of this work consists of addressing the novel question of how such processes come into play in the actual application of relevant expressions in natural discourse. By adopting established approaches from Discourse Analysis for issues that are deeply rooted in interdisciplinary research in Cognitive Science, insights are drawn together from two hitherto largely unrelated fields of research to approach the topic from an original perspective, leading to a deeper understanding of the relationship between the domains of space and time and their expression in language.
Book Synopsis Motion Encoding in Language and Space by : Mila Vulchanova
Download or read book Motion Encoding in Language and Space written by Mila Vulchanova and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together researchers in linguistics, computer science, psychology and cognitive science to investigate how motion is encoded in language. Part I considers the parameters of the field, while part II looks at the way in which spatial scale or granularity plays a role in the encoding of motion in language.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Linguistic Annotation by : Nancy Ide
Download or read book Handbook of Linguistic Annotation written by Nancy Ide and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 1459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers a thorough treatment of the science of linguistic annotation. Leaders in the field guide the reader through the process of modeling, creating an annotation language, building a corpus and evaluating it for correctness. Essential reading for both computer scientists and linguistic researchers.Linguistic annotation is an increasingly important activity in the field of computational linguistics because of its critical role in the development of language models for natural language processing applications. Part one of this book covers all phases of the linguistic annotation process, from annotation scheme design and choice of representation format through both the manual and automatic annotation process, evaluation, and iterative improvement of annotation accuracy. The second part of the book includes case studies of annotation projects across the spectrum of linguistic annotation types, including morpho-syntactic tagging, syntactic analyses, a range of semantic analyses (semantic roles, named entities, sentiment and opinion), time and event and spatial analyses, and discourse level analyses including discourse structure, co-reference, etc. Each case study addresses the various phases and processes discussed in the chapters of part one.
Book Synopsis The Evolution of Language by : Thomas C Scott-Phillips
Download or read book The Evolution of Language written by Thomas C Scott-Phillips and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of Evolang IX, the 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. The Evolang conferences are the leading international conferences for new findings in the study of the origins and evolution of language. They attract a multidisciplinary audience. The proceedings are an important resource for researchers in the field. Contents:Evolutionary Parallels between Language and Tool Use (Michael A Arbib)Cortico–Cortical and Cortico–Cerebellar Computations in Language Change (Giorgos P Argyropoulos)The Case for Neanderthal Language — How Strong is It? (Sverker Johansson)Meanings of Touching Object Parts in Pointing (Harumi Kobayashi and Tetsuya Yasuda)Robustness as a Design Feature of Speech Communication (Bodo Winter and Morten H Christiansen)The Exponent of Zipf's Law in Language Ontogeny (Jaume Baixeries, Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho and Brita Elvevåg)and other papers Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers working on the evolution of language, artificial intelligence, genetics and psychology. Keywords:Language Evolution;Evolution of Language;EVOLANG;Linguistics
Book Synopsis The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition by : Kelly S. Mix
Download or read book The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition written by Kelly S. Mix and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-12-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. It proceeds from the notion that cognition in real time, developmental time, and over evolutionary time occurs in space, and that the physical properties of space may provide insights into basic cognitive processes, including memory, attention, action, and perception. It looks at how physical space and landmarks are used in cognitive representations and serve as the basis of human cognition in a range of core mechanisms to index memories and ground meanings that are not themselves explicitly about space. The editors have brought together experimental psychologists, computer scientists, robotocists, linguists, and researchers in child language in order to consider the nature and applications of this research and in particular its implications for understanding the processes involved in language acquisition.
