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The Human Semantic Potential

Author : Terry Regier
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262181730
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book The Human Semantic Potential written by Terry Regier and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on ideas from cognitive linguistics, connectionism, and perception, The Human Semantic Potential describes a connectionist model that learns perceptually grounded semantics for natural language in spatial terms. Languages differ in the ways in which they structure space, and Regier's aim is to have the model perform its learning task for terms from any natural language. The system has so far succeeded in learning spatial terms from English, German, Russian, Japanese, and Mixtec. The model views simple movies of two-dimensional objects moving relative to one another and learns to classify them linguistically in accordance with the spatial system of some natural language. The overall goal is to determine which sorts of spatial configurations and events are learnable as the semantics for spatial terms and which are not. Ultimately, the model and its theoretical underpinnings are a step in the direction of articulating biologically based constraints on the nature of human semantic systems. Along the way Regier takes up such substantial issues as the attraction and the liabilities of PDP and structured connectionist modeling, the problem of learning without direct negative evidence, and the area of linguistic universals, which is addressed in the model itself. Trained on spatial terms from different languages, the model permits observations about the possible bases of linguistic universals and interlanguage variation.

The Human Semantic Potential

Author : Terry Regier
Publisher : Mit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262527309
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Human Semantic Potential written by Terry Regier and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Regier's work makes a distinct and tangible contribution to the study of cognition and should be read by anyone interested in language acquisition in particular, and learning in general. This work brings about an impressive integration of ideas from cognitive linguistics, connectionism, and computer science in order to attack the problem of learning perceptually grounded semantics of spatial terms. The research reported in this book is an excellent example of interdisciplinary work." -- Lokendra Shastri, Member AI Group, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley "Regier develops a structured connectionist model for acquiring spatial concepts that represents the epitome of cognitive science, integrating perspectives from linguistics, artificial intelligence, and psychology. This work further represents an excellent example of how a complex model should be analyzed to establish its core properties, implications, and limitations. Besides having considerable scientific merit, the book is highly engaging, frequently provocative, and beautifully written." -- Lawrence W. Barsalou, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago Drawing on ideas from cognitive linguistics, connectionism, and perception, The Human Semantic Potential describes a connectionist model that learns perceptually grounded semantics for natural language in spatial terms. Languages differ in the ways in which they structure space, and Regier's aim is to have the model perform its learning task for terms from any natural language. The system has so far succeeded in learning spatial terms from English, German, Russian, Japanese, andMixtec. The model views simple movies of two-dimensional objects moving relative to one another and learns to classify them linguistically in accordance with the spatial system of some natural language. The overall goal is to determine which sorts of spatial configurations and events are learnable as the semantics for spatial terms and which are not. Ultimately, the model and its theoretical underpinnings are a step in the direction of articulating biologically based constraints on the nature of human semantic systems. Along the way Regier takes up such substantial issues as the attraction and the liabilities of PDP and structured connectionist modeling, the problem of learning without direct negative evidence, and the area of linguistic universals, which is addressed in the model itself. Trained on spatial terms from different languages, the model permits observations about the possible bases of linguistic universals and interlanguage variation. Neural Network Modeling and Connectionism series

Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics

Author : Keith Allan
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080959696
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics written by Keith Allan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics is a comprehensive new reference work aiming to systematically describe all aspects of the study of meaning in language. It synthesizes in one volume the latest scholarly positions on the construction, interpretation, clarification, obscurity, illustration, amplification, simplification, negotiation, contradiction, contraction and paraphrasing of meaning, and the various concepts, analyses, methodologies and technologies that underpin their study. It examines not only semantics but the impact of semantic study on related fields such as morphology, syntax, and typologically oriented studies such as ‘grammatical semantics’, where semantics has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of verbal categories like tense or aspect, nominal categories like case or possession, clausal categories like causatives, comparatives, or conditionals, and discourse phenomena like reference and anaphora. COSE also examines lexical semantics and its relation to syntax, pragmatics, and cognitive linguistics; and the study of how ‘logical semantics’ develops and thrives, often in interaction with computational linguistics. As a derivative volume from Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Second Edition, it comprises contributions from 150 of the foremost scholars of semantics in their various specializations and draws on 20+ years of development in the parent work in a compact and affordable format. Principally intended for tertiary level inquiry and research, this will be invaluable as a reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics inquiring into the study of meaning and meaning relations within languages. As semantics is a centrally important and inherently cross-cutting area within linguistics it will therefore be relevant not just for semantics specialists, but for most linguistic audiences. The first encyclopedia ever published in this fascinating and diverse field Combines the talents of the world’s leading semantics specialists The latest trends in the field authoritatively reviewed and interpreted in context of related disciplines Drawn from the richest, most authoritative, comprehensive and internationally acclaimed reference resource in the linguistics area Compact and affordable single volume reference format

The Meaning of the Body

Author : Mark Johnson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226401936
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of the Body written by Mark Johnson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Meaning of the Body, Mark Johnson examines the nature of human meaning - where it comes from and how it is made. He goes beyond his earlier pioneering work, begun in Metaphors We Live By and The Body in the Mind, to explore the deepest sources of human understanding, which lie in feelings, emotions, qualities, and patterns of bodily perception and motion. Philosophers have traditionally ignored these aspects of embodied meaning, focusing instead on more superficial conceptual and propositional structures. Johnson argues that overlooking these profound dimensions of meaning has left much contemporary philosophy of language and mind out of touch with new research - in cognitive science, psychology, and art - that shows how meaning is possible for embodied human minds."--BOOK JACKET.

Body, Language, and Mind

Author : Tom Ziemke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110193275
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Body, Language, and Mind written by Tom Ziemke and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Critical Thought

Author : Drew Milne
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470755547
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Modern Critical Thought written by Drew Milne and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors. Presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors. Offers an innovative way into understanding modern critical thought. Spans the period from Marx to the present day. A conversation of ideas emerges between one generation and the next. Editorial material defines key terms and maps out contested terrain. Each piece is prefaced by contextualising notes and suggestions for further reading.

Encyclopedia of Linguistics

Author : Philipp Strazny
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135455236
Total Pages : 1304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Linguistics written by Philipp Strazny and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing a historical and international approach, this valuable two-volume resource makes even the more complex linguistic issues understandable for the non-specialized reader. Containing over 500 alphabetically arranged entries and an expansive glossary by a team of international scholars, the Encyclopedia of Linguistics explores the varied perspectives, figures, and methodologies that make up the field.

Emotions in Crosslinguistic Perspective

Author : Jean Harkins
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110880164
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Emotions in Crosslinguistic Perspective by : Jean Harkins

Download or read book Emotions in Crosslinguistic Perspective written by Jean Harkins and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to enrich the current interdisciplinary theoretical discussion of human emo-tions by presenting studies based on extensive linguistic data from a wide range of languages of the world. Each language-specific study gives detailed semantic descriptions of the meanings of culturally salient emotion words and expressions, offering fascinating insights into people's emotional lives in diverse cultures including Amharic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lao, Malay, Mbula, Polish and Russian. The book is unique in its emphasis on empirical language data, analyzed in a framework free of ethnocentrism and not dependent upon English emotion terms, but relying instead on independently established conceptual universals. Students of languages and cultures, psychology and cognition will find this volume a rich resource of description and analysis of emotional meanings in cultural context.

Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential: Actions, strategies, solutions

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential: Actions, strategies, solutions written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique, second edition

Author : Steven J. Luck
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262324067
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique, second edition by : Steven J. Luck

Download or read book An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique, second edition written by Steven J. Luck and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to designing, conducting, and analyzing event-related potential (ERP) experiments, completely updated for this edition. The event-related potential (ERP) technique, in which neural responses to specific events are extracted from the EEG, provides a powerful noninvasive tool for exploring the human brain. This volume describes practical methods for ERP research along with the underlying theoretical rationale. It offers researchers and students an essential guide to designing, conducting, and analyzing ERP experiments. This second edition has been completely updated, with additional material, new chapters, and more accessible explanations. Freely available supplementary material, including several online-only chapters, offer expanded or advanced treatment of selected topics. The first half of the book presents essential background information, describing the origins of ERPs, the nature of ERP components, and the design of ERP experiments. The second half of the book offers a detailed treatment of the main steps involved in conducting ERP experiments, covering such topics as recording the EEG, filtering the EEG and ERP waveforms, and quantifying amplitudes and latencies. Throughout, the emphasis is on rigorous experimental design and relatively simple analyses. New material in the second edition includes entire chapters devoted to components, artifacts, measuring amplitudes and latencies, and statistical analysis; updated coverage of recording technologies; concrete examples of experimental design; and many more figures. Online chapters cover such topics as overlap, localization, writing and reviewing ERP papers, and setting up and running an ERP lab.

Cognitive Grammar

Author : Ronald W. Langacker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199887209
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Grammar written by Ronald W. Langacker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills a long standing need for a basic introduction to Cognitive Grammar that is current, authoritative, comprehensive, and approachable. It presents a synthesis that draws together and refines the descriptive and theoretical notions developed in this framework over the course of three decades. In a unified manner, it accommodates both the conceptual and the social-interactive basis of linguistic structure, as well as the need for both functional explanation and explicit structural description. Starting with the fundamentals, essential aspects of the theory are systematically laid out with concrete illustrations and careful discussion of their rationale. Among the topics surveyed are conceptual semantics, grammatical classes, grammatical constructions, the lexicon-grammar continuum characterized as assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings), and the usage-based account of productivity, restrictions, and well-formedness. The theory's central claim - that grammar is inherently meaningful - is thereby shown to be viable. The framework is further elucidated through application to nominal structure, clause structure, and complex sentences. These are examined in broad perspective, with exemplification from English and numerous other languages. In line with the theory's general principles, they are discussed not only in terms of their structural characterization, but also their conceptual value and functional motivation. Other matters explored include discourse, the temporal dimension of language structure, and what grammar reveals about cognitive processes and the construction of our mental world.

Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence

Author : Floriana Esposito
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540318933
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence written by Floriana Esposito and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Intelligent systems are those which produce intelligent o?springs.” AI researchers have been focusing on developing and employing strong methods that are capable of solving complex real-life problems. The 18th International Conference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Arti?cial Intelligence & Expert Systems (IEA/AIE 2005) held in Bari, Italy presented such work performed by many scientists worldwide. The Program Committee selected long papers from contributions presenting more complete work and posters from those reporting ongoing research. The Committee enforced the rule that only original and unpublished work could be considered for inclusion in these proceedings. The Program Committee selected 116 contributions from the 271 subm- ted papers which cover the following topics: arti?cial systems, search engines, intelligent interfaces, knowledge discovery, knowledge-based technologies, na- ral language processing, machine learning applications, reasoning technologies, uncertainty management, applied data mining, and technologies for knowledge management. The contributions oriented to the technological aspects of AI and the quality of the papers are witness to a research activity clearly aimed at consolidating the theoretical results that have already been achieved. The c- ference program also included two invited lectures, by Katharina Morik and Roberto Pieraccini. Manypeoplecontributedindi?erentwaystothesuccessoftheconferenceand to this volume. The authors who continue to show their enthusiastic interest in applied intelligence research are a very important part of our success. We highly appreciate the contribution of the members of the Program Committee, as well as others who reviewed all the submitted papers with e?ciency and dedication.

Substrate and Adstrate

Author : Micah Corum
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614514623
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Substrate and Adstrate written by Micah Corum and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a large-scale, in-depth analysis of locative structures in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English and compares those structures to locatives in their lexifier, substrate, and adstrate languages. The work draws on new research methods for investigating substrate and adstrate influence in semantics and creole genesis.

The Geometry of Meaning

Author : Peter Gardenfors
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262533758
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book The Geometry of Meaning written by Peter Gardenfors and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures. In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors proposes a theory of semantics that bridges cognitive science and linguistics and shows how theories of cognitive processes, in particular concept formation, can be exploited in a general semantic model. He argues that our minds organize the information involved in communicative acts in a format that can be modeled in geometric or topological terms—in what he terms conceptual spaces, extending the theory he presented in an earlier book by that name. Many semantic theories consider the meanings of words as relatively stable and independent of the communicative context. Gärdenfors focuses instead on how various forms of communication establish a system of meanings that becomes shared between interlocutors. He argues that these “meetings of mind” depend on the underlying geometric structures, and that these structures facilitate language learning. Turning to lexical semantics, Gärdenfors argues that a unified theory of word meaning can be developed by using conceptual spaces. He shows that the meaning of different word classes can be given a cognitive grounding, and offers semantic analyses of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and prepositions. He also presents models of how the meanings of words are composed to form new meanings and of the basic semantic role of sentences. Finally, he considers the future implications of his theory for robot semantics and the Semantic Web.

The Ontogenetic Development of Literal and Metaphorical Space in Language

Author : Eva-Maria Graf
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783823362555
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book The Ontogenetic Development of Literal and Metaphorical Space in Language written by Eva-Maria Graf and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Mario Brdar
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027223866
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics written by Mario Brdar and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Linguistics is not a unified theory of language but rather a set of flexible and mutually compatible theoretical frameworks. This volume is of interest to scholars and students wishing to inform themselves about the state and possible future developments of Cognitive Linguistics

Cognitive Linguistics - Foundations of Language

Author : Ewa Dąbrowska
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110623145
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics - Foundations of Language written by Ewa Dąbrowska and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive foundations of language introduces the reader to the abilities and processes in which research in Cognitive Linguistics is grounded. The book looks at key concepts, such as embodiment, salience, entrenchment, construal, categorization, and collaborative communication, and discusses their genesis and implications for cognitive linguistic research.