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Our use of spatial prepositions carries an implicit understanding
of the functional relationships both between objects themselves and
human interaction with those objects. This is the thesis rigorously
explicated in Saying, Seeing and Acting. It aims to account not
only for our theoretical comprehension of spatial relations but our
ability to intercede with efficacy in the world of spatially
related objects. Only the phenomenon of functionality can
adequately account for what even the simplest of everyday
experiences show to be the technically problematic, but still
meaningful status of expressions of spatial location in contentious
cases. The terms of the debate are established and contextualised
in Part One. In the Second Section, systematic experimental
evidence is drawn upon to demonstrate specific covariances between
spatial world and spatial language. The authors go on to give an
original account of the functional and geometric constraints on
which comprehension and human action among spatially related
objects is based. Part Three looks at the interaction of these
constraints to create a truly dynamic functional geometric
framework for the meaningful use of spatial prepositions.
Fascinating to anyone whose work touches on psycholinguistics, this
book represents a thorough and incisive contribution to debates in
the cognitive psychology of language.
Contents: Part I: Saying, Seeing and Acting. Background to the Domain. Introduction to the Domain. Saying Spatial Prepositions and Lexical Semantics. Grounding Language in Perception - From "Saying" to "Seeing and Acting". Part II: Saying, Seeing and Acting: Constructing an Account. Introducing the Functional Geometric Framework. Experimental Evidence for the Functional Geometric Framework. The So-called Topographical Prepositions. Experimental Evidence for the Functional Geometric Framework. Which Way up is up? The Projective Prepositions. Experimental Evidence for the Functional Geometric Framework. Other Prepositions: Proximity, Coincidence and Being between. Part III: Putting Saying, Seeing and Acting Together. The Functional Geometric Framework in Action. Putting It all Together. Cross-linguistic and Developmental Implications. Extensions, Links and Conclusions. References.
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Modeling and Using Context - 7th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 26-30, 2011, Proceedings (Paperback)
Michael Beigl, Henning Christiansen, Thomas R. Roth-Berghofer, Anders Kofod-Petersen, Kenny R. Coventry, …
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R1,574
Discovery Miles 15 740
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International and
Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT
2011, held in Karlsruhe, Germany in September 2011. The 17 full
papers and 7 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and
selected from 54 submissions. In addition the book contains two
keynote speeches and 8 poster papers. They cover cutting-edge
results from the wide range of disciplines concerned with context,
including the cognitive sciences (linguistics, psychology,
philosophy, computer science, neuroscience), the social sciences
and organization sciences, and all application areas.
People constantly talk to each other about experience or knowledge
resulting from spatial perception; they describe the size, shape,
orientation and position of objects using a wide range of spatial
expressions. The semantic treatment of such expressions presents
particular challenges for natural language processing. The meaning
representation used must be capable of distinguishing between
fine-grained sense differences and ambiguities grounded in our
experience and perceptual structure. While there have been many
different approaches to the representation and processing of
spatial expressions, most computational characterisations have been
restricted to particularly narrow problem domains. The chapters in
the present volume reflect a commitment to the development of
cognitively informed computational treatments of spatial language
and spatial representation. Therefore the chapters present
computational work, empirical work, or a combination of both. The
book will appeal to all those interested in spatial language and
spatial representation, whether they work in artificial
intelligence, cognitive science, cognitive psychology or
linguistics.
People constantly talk to each other about experience or knowledge
resulting from spatial perception; they describe the size, shape,
orientation and position of objects using a wide range of spatial
expressions. The semantic treatment of such expressions presents
particular challenges for natural language processing. The meaning
representation used must be capable of distinguishing between
fine-grained sense differences and ambiguities grounded in our
experience and perceptual structure. While there have been many
different approaches to the representation and processing of
spatial expressions, most computational characterisations have been
restricted to particularly narrow problem domains. The chapters in
the present volume reflect a commitment to the development of
cognitively informed computational treatments of spatial language
and spatial representation. Therefore the chapters present
computational work, empirical work, or a combination of both. The
book will appeal to all those interested in spatial language and
spatial representation, whether they work in artificial
intelligence, cognitive science, cognitive psychology or
linguistics.
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