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Visually Situated Language Comprehension

Author : Pia Knoeferle
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027267480
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Visually Situated Language Comprehension by : Pia Knoeferle

Download or read book Visually Situated Language Comprehension written by Pia Knoeferle and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visually Situated Language Comprehension has been compiled as a state-of the-art introduction to real-time language processing in visually-situated contexts. It covers the history of this emergent field, explains key methodological developments and discusses the insights these methods have enabled into how language processing interacts with our knowledge and perception of the immediate environment. Scientists interested in how language users integrate what they know with their perception of objects and events will find the book a rewarding read. The book further covers lexical, sentence, and discourse level processes, as well as active visual context effects in both non-interactive and interactive tasks and thus present a well-balanced view of the field. It is aimed at experienced researchers and students alike in the hopes of attracting new talent to the field. Thanks to its in-depth methodological introduction and broad coverage it constitutes an excellent course book.

Attention and Vision in Language Processing

Author : Ramesh Kumar Mishra
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 8132224434
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)

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Book Synopsis Attention and Vision in Language Processing by : Ramesh Kumar Mishra

Download or read book Attention and Vision in Language Processing written by Ramesh Kumar Mishra and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the nature of attentional and visual processes involved in language comprehension. Key concerns include how linguistic and non-linguistic processes jointly determine language comprehension and production and how the linguistic system interfaces with perceptual systems and attention. Language scientists have traditionally considered language in isolation from other cognitive and perceptual systems such as attention, vision and memory. In recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that language comprehension must be studied within interaction contexts. The study of multimodal interactions and attentional processes during language processing has thus become an important theoretical focus that guides many research programs in psycholinguistics and related fields.

Socially Situated? Effects of Social and Cultural Context on Language Processing and Learning

Author : Pia Knoeferle
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889749754
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Book Synopsis Socially Situated? Effects of Social and Cultural Context on Language Processing and Learning by : Pia Knoeferle

Download or read book Socially Situated? Effects of Social and Cultural Context on Language Processing and Learning written by Pia Knoeferle and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cognitive Neuroscience of Natural Language Use

Author : Roel M. Willems
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107042011
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Neuroscience of Natural Language Use by : Roel M. Willems

Download or read book Cognitive Neuroscience of Natural Language Use written by Roel M. Willems and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors to this book argue that we should study the brain basis of language as used in our daily lives.

Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language

Author : Annette M. B. de Groot
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119109868
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language by : Annette M. B. de Groot

Download or read book Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language written by Annette M. B. de Groot and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive guide to research methods and technologies in psycholinguistics and the neurobiology of language Bringing together contributions from a distinguished group of researchers and practitioners, editors Annette M. B. de Groot and Peter Hagoort explore the methods and technologies used by researchers of language acquisition, language processing, and communication, including: traditional observational and behavioral methods; computational modelling; corpus linguistics; and virtual reality. The book also examines neurobiological methods, including functional and structural neuroimaging and molecular genetics. Ideal for students engaged in the field, Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of various methods in relation to competing approaches. It describes the apparatus involved, the nature of the stimuli and data used, and the data collection and analysis techniques for each method. Featuring numerous example studies, along with many full-color illustrations, this indispensable text will help readers gain a clear picture of the practices and tools described. Brings together contributions from distinguished researchers across an array of related disciplines who explain the underlying assumptions and rationales of their research methods Describes the apparatus involved, the nature of the stimuli and data used, and the data collection and analysis techniques for each method Explores the relative strengths and weaknesses of various methods in relation to competing approaches Features numerous real-world examples, along with many full-color illustrations, to help readers gain a clear picture of the practices and tools described

The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing

Author : Alexander Clark
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118448677
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Book Synopsis The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing by : Alexander Clark

Download or read book The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing written by Alexander Clark and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference work provides an overview of the concepts, methodologies, and applications in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). Features contributions by the top researchers in the field, reflecting the work that is driving the discipline forward Includes an introduction to the major theoretical issues in these fields, as well as the central engineering applications that the work has produced Presents the major developments in an accessible way, explaining the close connection between scientific understanding of the computational properties of natural language and the creation of effective language technologies Serves as an invaluable state-of-the-art reference source for computational linguists and software engineers developing NLP applications in industrial research and development labs of software companies

What is a Context?

Author : Rita Finkbeiner
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027255792
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book What is a Context? written by Rita Finkbeiner and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Context is a core notion of linguistic theory. However, while there are numerous attempts at explaining single aspects of the notion of context, these attempts are rather diverse and do not easily converge to a unified theory of context. The present multi-faceted collection of papers reconsiders the notion of context and its challenges for linguistics from different theoretical and empirical angles. Part I offers insights into a wide range of current approaches to context, including theoretical pragmatics, neurolinguistics, clinical pragmatics, interactional linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Part II presents new empirical findings on the role of context from case studies on idioms, unarticulated constituents, argument linking, and numerically-quantified expressions. Bringing together different theoretical frameworks, the volume provides thought-provoking discussions of how the notion of context can be understood, modeled, and implemented in linguistics. It is essential for researchers interested in theoretical and applied linguistics, the semantics/pragmatics interface, and experimental pragmatics.

Grammatical Approaches to Language Processing

Author : Katy Carlson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030015637
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Grammatical Approaches to Language Processing written by Katy Carlson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains papers that were written to honor Professor Lyn Frazier on the occasion of her retirement from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Some were presented at the Lynschrift on May 19-20, 2018; others were written especially for this volume. The papers report original research on, or research-based theoretical analyses of, several of the domains that Professor Frazier contributed to during her career. The volume begins with a brief overview of Professor Frazier’s research contributions and an appreciation of the contributions she has made to the field of psycholinguistics and to her students and colleagues. The next several chapters discuss the roles that prosody plays in language processing, and the volume continues with chapters on the topic that established Professor Frazier as a major psycholinguistic theorist, syntactic processing. The volume then explores the roles semantics and pragmatics play in language comprehension, and concludes with reports of applications and extensions of research on language processing. All chapters were contributed by current and former students and colleagues of Professor Frazier in gratitude for the impact she has had on their lives and careers.

Frequency in Language

Author : Dagmar Divjak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107085756
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Frequency in Language written by Dagmar Divjak and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-examines frequency, entrenchment and salience, three foundational concepts in usage-based linguistics, through the prism of learning, memory, and attention.

Rational Approaches in Language Science

Author : Matthew W. Crocker
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889747654
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Rational Approaches in Language Science written by Matthew W. Crocker and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The role of body and environment in cognition

Author : Dermot Lynott
Publisher : Frontiers E-books
ISBN 13 : 2889192628
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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Book Synopsis The role of body and environment in cognition by : Dermot Lynott

Download or read book The role of body and environment in cognition written by Dermot Lynott and published by Frontiers E-books. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent evidence has shown many ways in which our bodies and the environment influence cognition. In this Research Topic we aim to develop our understanding of cognition by considering the diverse and dynamic relationship between the language we use, our bodily perceptions, and our actions and interactions in the broader environment. There are already many empirical effects illustrating the continuity of mind- body-environment: manipulating body posture influences diverse areas such as mood, hormonal responses, and perception of risk; directing attention to a particular sensory modality can affect language processing, signal detection, and memory performance; placing implicit cues in the environment can impact upon social behaviours, moral judgements, and economic decision making. This Research Topic includes papers that explore the question of how our bodies and the environment influence cognition, such as how we mentally represent the world around us, understand language, reason about abstract concepts, make judgements and decisions, and interact with objects and other people. Contributions focus on empirical, theoretical, methodological or modelling issues as well as opinion pieces or contrasting perspectives. Topic areas include, perception and action, social cognition, emotion, language processing, modality-specific representations, spatial representations, gesture, atypical embodiment, perceptual simulation, cognitive modelling and perspectives on the future of embodiment.

Eye-tracking in Interaction

Author : Geert Brône
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263469
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Eye-tracking in Interaction by : Geert Brône

Download or read book Eye-tracking in Interaction written by Geert Brône and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a state-of-the-art of current research on the role of eye gaze in different types of interaction, including human-human and human-computer interaction. Approaching the phenomenon from different disciplinary and methodological angles, the chapters in the volume are united through a shared technological approach, viz. the use of eye-tracking technology for measuring speakers’ and hearers’ eye gaze patterns while engaged in interaction. Envisioned as an ‘innovating reader’, the volume addresses key questions of interdisciplinary relevance (e.g. to what extent can the analysis of fine-grained eye gaze data, obtained with eye-tracking technology, inform conversation analysis, and vice versa?), positioning (e.g. what is the semiotic status of eye gaze in relation to linguistic signaling?), and methodology (e.g. can we strike a balance between experimental control and authenticity in setting up dialogue settings with eye-tracking technology?). The exploration of these and other questions contributes to the demarcation of a burgeoning research program.

The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics

Author : Sandrine Zufferey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000919382
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics by : Sandrine Zufferey

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics written by Sandrine Zufferey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of various ways in which experiments are used across all domains of linguistics and surveys the range of state-of-the-art methods that can be applied to analyse the language of populations with a wide range of linguistic profiles. Each chapter provides a step-by-step introduction to theoretical and methodological challenges and critically presents a wide range of studies in various domains of experimental linguistics. This handbook: Provides a unified perspective on the data, methods and findings stemming from all experimental research in linguistics Covers many different subfields of linguistics, including argumentation theory, discourse studies and typology Provides an introduction to classical as well as new methods to conduct experiments such as eye tracking and brain imaging Features a range of internationally renowned academics Shows how experimental research can be used to study populations with various linguistic profiles, including young children, people with linguistic impairments, older adults, language learners and bilingual speakers Providing readers with a wealth of theoretical and practical information in order to guide them in designing methodologically sound linguistic experiments, this handbook is essential reading for scholars and students researching in all areas of linguistics.

Salience

Author : Christian Chiarcos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110240726
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Salience written by Christian Chiarcos and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salience refers to the prominence of information; salient items pop out and capture attention. This volume addresses the role of salience in discourse. It illustrates the range of multidisciplinary approaches - their diversities and similarities. The collection of papers covers a variety of research with different foci ranging from discourse entities, to discourse segments, to extra-linguistic factors.

Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction

Author : Jianwei Zhang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889762548
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction by : Jianwei Zhang

Download or read book Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction written by Jianwei Zhang and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-02-02 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this Research Topic is to reflect and discuss links between neuroscience, psychology, computer science and robotics with regards to the topic of cross-modal learning which has, in recent years, emerged as a new area of interdisciplinary research. The term cross-modal learning refers to the synergistic synthesis of information from multiple sensory modalities such that the learning that occurs within any individual sensory modality can be enhanced with information from one or more other modalities. Cross-modal learning is a crucial component of adaptive behavior in a continuously changing world, and examples are ubiquitous, such as: learning to grasp and manipulate objects; learning to walk; learning to read and write; learning to understand language and its referents; etc. In all these examples, visual, auditory, somatosensory or other modalities have to be integrated, and learning must be cross-modal. In fact, the broad range of acquired human skills are cross-modal, and many of the most advanced human capabilities, such as those involved in social cognition, require learning from the richest combinations of cross-modal information. In contrast, even the very best systems in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics have taken only tiny steps in this direction. Building a system that composes a global perspective from multiple distinct sources, types of data, and sensory modalities is a grand challenge of AI, yet it is specific enough that it can be studied quite rigorously and in such detail that the prospect for deep insights into these mechanisms is quite plausible in the near term. Cross-modal learning is a broad, interdisciplinary topic that has not yet coalesced into a single, unified field. Instead, there are many separate fields, each tackling the concerns of cross-modal learning from its own perspective, with currently little overlap. We anticipate an accelerating trend towards integration of these areas and we intend to contribute to that integration. By focusing on cross-modal learning, the proposed Research Topic can bring together recent progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, psychology and neuroscience.

The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology

Author : Thomas M. Holtgraves
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019983864X
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology by : Thomas M. Holtgraves

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology written by Thomas M. Holtgraves and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language pervades everything we do as social beings. It is, in fact, difficult to disentangle language from social life, and hence its importance is often missed. The emergence of new communication technologies makes this even more striking. People come to "know" one another through these interactions without ever having met face-to-face. How? Through the words they use and the way they use them. The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology is a unique and innovative compilation of research that lies at the intersection of language and social psychology. Language is viewed as a social activity, and to understand this complex human activity requires a consideration of its social psychological underpinnings. Moreover, as a social activity, the use and in fact the existence of language has implications for a host of traditional social psychological processes. Hence, there is a reciprocal relationship between language and social psychology, and it is this reciprocal relationship that defines the essence of this handbook. The handbook is divided into six sections. The first two sections focus on the social underpinnings of language, that is, the social coordination required to use language, as well as the manner in which language and broad social dimensions such as culture mutually constitute one another. The next two sections consider the implications of language for a host of traditional social psychological topics, including both intraindividual (e.g., attribution) and interindividual (e.g., intergroup relations) processes. The fifth section examines the role of language in the creation of meaning, and the final section includes chapters documenting the importance of the language-social psychology interface for a number of applied areas.

What can we make of theories of embodiment and the role of the human mirror neuron system?

Author : Analia Arevalo
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889197611
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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Book Synopsis What can we make of theories of embodiment and the role of the human mirror neuron system? by : Analia Arevalo

Download or read book What can we make of theories of embodiment and the role of the human mirror neuron system? written by Analia Arevalo and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, work surrounding theories of embodiment and the role of the putative mirror neuron system (MNS) in humans has gained considerable attention. If humans have developed a network of neurons that fire in response to other beings’ actions, as has been shown in macaques, this system could have vast implications for all kinds of cognitive processes unique to humans, such as language, learning, empathy and communication in general. The goal of tapping into and understanding such a system is a fascinating yet challenging one. One form of embodiment -- embodied linguistics -- suggests that the way we process linguistic information is linked to our physical experience of the concept conveyed by each word. The interaction between these cognitive systems (i.e., language and motor processing) may occur thanks to the firing of neurons making up the MNS. The possible interdependence between different cognitive systems has implications for healthy as well as pathological profiles, and in fact, work in recent years has also explored the role of ‘embodiment’ and/or the MNS in clinical populations such as stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Autism, among others. Research on embodiment and/or the MNS has been approached with a number of different methodologies, but the results obtained with these different methodologies have not been entirely consistent, generating doubts regarding the theories. The question has been raised as to what this line of inquiry can gain from the types of evidence contributed by functional neuroimaging methods carried out with healthy volunteers versus behavioral or lesion-symptom mapping methods employed with neurologically-compromised individuals. Of particular interest are the clinical applications of this line of research. If indeed a system exists which reflects a tight link between, for example, the human language and motor systems, then the obvious challenge is to tap into this system to create useful therapies that can provide rehabilitation where damage has occurred. This Research Topic brought together work conducted with healthy and patient populations using several behavioral and imaging techniques, as well as insightful commentaries and opinion pieces. We believe the combined work of the participating authors is an important contribution to this intriguing line of research and an excellent point of reference for future work.