Publication Details
Title: Embodied Construction Grammar in Simulation-Based Language Understanding
Author: B. K. Bergen and N. C. Chang
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: February 2002
PDF: ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/techreports/2002/tr-02-004.pdf
Overview:
We present Embodied Construction Grammar, a formalism for linguistic analysis designed specifically for integration into a simulation-based model of language understanding. As in other construction grammars, linguistic constructions serve to map between phonological forms and conceptual representations. In the model we describe, however, conceptual representations are also constrained to be grounded in the body's perceptual and motor systems, and more precisely to parameterize mental simulations using those systems. Understanding an utterance thus involves at least two distinct processes: "analysis" to determine which constructions the utterance instantiates, and "simulation" according to the parameters specified by those constructions. In this report, we outline a construction formalism that is both representationally adequate for these purposes and specified precisely enough for use in a computational architecture.
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-02-004
Bibliographic Reference:
B. K. Bergen and N. C. Chang. Embodied Construction Grammar in Simulation-Based Language Understanding. ICSI Technical Report TR-02-004, February 2002
Author: B. K. Bergen and N. C. Chang
Group: ICSI Technical Reports
Date: February 2002
PDF: ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/techreports/2002/tr-02-004.pdf
Overview:
We present Embodied Construction Grammar, a formalism for linguistic analysis designed specifically for integration into a simulation-based model of language understanding. As in other construction grammars, linguistic constructions serve to map between phonological forms and conceptual representations. In the model we describe, however, conceptual representations are also constrained to be grounded in the body's perceptual and motor systems, and more precisely to parameterize mental simulations using those systems. Understanding an utterance thus involves at least two distinct processes: "analysis" to determine which constructions the utterance instantiates, and "simulation" according to the parameters specified by those constructions. In this report, we outline a construction formalism that is both representationally adequate for these purposes and specified precisely enough for use in a computational architecture.
Bibliographic Information:
ICSI Technical Report TR-02-004
Bibliographic Reference:
B. K. Bergen and N. C. Chang. Embodied Construction Grammar in Simulation-Based Language Understanding. ICSI Technical Report TR-02-004, February 2002