عنوان

Spatial Language :

(Number (ISBN

9048159105

(Number (ISBN

9401599289

(Number (ISBN

9789048159109

(Number (ISBN

9789401599283

Number

b592017

Title Proper

Spatial Language :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Cognitive and Computational Perspectives

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Kenny R. Coventry, Patrick Olivier.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002

Text of Note

1. Reasoning about Shape using the Tangential Axis Transform or the Shape's "Grain" --; 2. A Conceptual Model for Representing Verbal Expressions used in Route Descriptions --; 3. Resolving Ambiguous Descriptions through Visual Information --; 4. An Anthropomorphic Agent for the Use of Spatial Language --; 5. Gesture, Thought, and Spatial Language --; 6. Organization of Temporal Situations --; 7. Grounding Meaning in Visual Knowledge. A Case Study: Dimensional Adjectives --; 8. Understanding How We Think about Space --; 9. The Real Story of "Over"? --; 10. Generating Spatial Descriptions from a Cognitive Point of View --; 11. Multiple Frames of Reference in Interpreting Complex Projective Terms --; 12. Goal-Directed Effects on Processing a Spatial Environment. Indications from Memory and Language --; 13. Memory for Text and Memory for Space. Two Concurrent Memory Systems? --; Author index.

Text of Note

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.

Artificial intelligence.

Philosophy (General)

Psycholinguistics.

Class number

Book number

edited by Kenny R. Coventry, Patrick Olivier.

Kenny R Coventry

Patrick Olivier

Electronic name

[Book]

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