منابع مشابه
1 Language and embodiment
The paper focuses on the embodied view of cognition applied to language. First we discuss what we intend when we say that concepts are “embodied”. Then we briefly explain the notion of simulation, addressing also its neurophysiological basis. In the main part of the paper we will focus on concepts mediated by language, presenting behavioral and neuro-physiological evidence of the action/percept...
متن کاملEmbodiment , Language , and Mimesis
The present focus on embodiment in cognitive science undervalues concepts such as convention/norm, representation and consciousness. I argue that these concepts constitute essential properties of language, and this makes it problematic for “embodiment theories” to account for human language and cognition. These difficulties are illustrated by examining a particular, highly influential approach ...
متن کاملLanguage, Embodiment and Social Intelligence
It is an honor to have this chance to tie together themes from my recent research, and to sketch some challenges and opportunities for NLG in face-to-face conversational interaction. Communication reflects our general involvement in one anothers’ lives. Through the choices we manifest with one another, we share our thoughts and feelings, strengthen our relationships and further our joint projec...
متن کاملPassives in first language acquisition: What causes the delay?
The passive construction is a late acquisition in child language. In this paper I evaluate the claim that difficulty with noncanonical semantics, rather than non-mature subject-object A-chains, underlie young children’s poor performance on the passive. In a series of truth-value judgment tasks, 4and 5-year-old English-speaking children were tested on their comprehension of matrix passives and p...
متن کاملAssistive Translation Technology for Deaf People: Translating into and Animating Irish Sign Language
Machine Translation (MT) for sign languages (SLs) can facilitate communication between Deaf and hearing people by translating information into the native and preferred language of the individuals. In this paper, we discuss automatic translation from English to Irish SL (ISL) in the domain of airport information. We describe our data collection processes and the architecture of the MaTrEx system...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2565-6325,0332-205X
DOI: 10.35903/teanga.v11i.166