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Direct linkGorniak, Peter; Roy, Deb – Cognitive Science, 2007
We introduce a computational theory of situated language understanding in which the meaning of words and utterances depends on the physical environment and the goals and plans of communication partners. According to the theory, concepts that ground linguistic meaning are neither internal nor external to language users, but instead span the…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Linguistic Theory, Computational Linguistics, Concept Formation
