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Spatial Language

Cognitive and Computational Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Kenny R. Coventry

    1. Centre for Thinking and Language, Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK

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  2. Patrick Olivier

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Reasoning about Shape using the Tangential Axis Transform or the Shape’s “Grain”

    • Geoffrey Edwards
    Pages 1-18

  3. A Conceptual Model for Representing Verbal Expressions used in Route Descriptions

    • Agnès Gryl, Bernard Moulin, Driss Kettani
    Pages 19-42

  4. Resolving Ambiguous Descriptions through Visual Information

    • Ingo Duwe, Klaus Kessler, Hans Strohner
    Pages 43-67

  5. An Anthropomorphic Agent for the Use of Spatial Language

    • Tanja Jörding, Ipke Wachsmuth
    Pages 69-85

  6. Gesture, Thought, and Spatial Language

    • Karen Emmorey, Shannon Casey
    Pages 87-101

  7. Organization of Temporal Situations

    • Nancy Franklin, Todd Federico
    Pages 103-120

  8. Grounding Meaning in Visual Knowledge

    • Anna Goy
    Pages 121-145

  9. Understanding How We Think about Space

    • Christina Manning, Maria D. Sera, Herbert L. Pick Jr.
    Pages 147-164

  10. The Real Story of Over?

    • Kenny R. Coventry, Gayna Mather
    Pages 165-184

  11. Generating Spatial Descriptions from a Cognitive Point of View

    • Robert Porzel, Martin Jansche, Ralf Meyer-Klabunde
    Pages 185-207

  12. Multiple Frames of Reference in Interpreting Complex Projective Terms

    • Carola Eschenbach, Christopher Habel, Annette Leßmöllmann
    Pages 209-231

  13. Goal-Directed Effects on Processing a Spatial Environment

    • Holly A. Taylor, Susan J. Naylor
    Pages 233-253

  14. Memory for Text and Memory for Space

    • Monika Wagener-Wender
    Pages 255-260

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 271-283
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Keywords

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Thinking and Language, Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK

    Kenny R. Coventry

  • Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK

    Patrick Olivier

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spatial Language

  • Book Subtitle: Cognitive and Computational Perspectives

  • Editors: Kenny R. Coventry, Patrick Olivier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9928-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0208-3Published: 31 December 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5910-9Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9928-3Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 283

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Psycholinguistics, Semantics

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