Results 191 to 200 of about 309 (231)

Choice of Mandarin Spatial Demonstratives in Distant Interaction

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Scholars are divided on whether the Speaker's (S') choice of spatial demonstratives in verbal interaction is ego-centric or not. We studied the choice of "zhe (here)/ na (there)" by a Mandarin S instructing Hearer (H) from a few to dozens of meters. Using within-group and between-group experiments in a picture-description paradigm, we found that both S-
Ming Yue, Boyang Sun
exaly   +3 more sources

An information-theoretic approach to the typology of spatial demonstratives

Cognition, 2023
We explore systems of spatial deictic words (such as 'here' and 'there') from the perspective of communicative efficiency using typological data from over 200 languages Nintemann et al. (2020). We argue from an information-theoretic perspective that spatial deictic systems balance informativity and complexity in the sense of the Information Bottleneck (
Sihan Chen, Richard Futrell, Kyle Mahowald   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Learning from Demonstration in Spatial Exploration

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2011
We present the initial stage of our research on Learning from Demonstration algorithms. We have implemented an algorithm based on Confident Execution, one of the components of the Confidence-Based Autonomy algorithm developed by Chernova and Veloso.
Ozgelen, A.T., Munoz, J.P., Sklar, Elizabeth   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Spatial coordinate systems in demonstrative meaning [PDF]

Linguistic Typology, 2008
Exploring the semantic encoding of a group of crosslinguistically uncommon "spatial-coordinate demonstratives", this work establishes the existence of demonstratives whose function is to project angular search domains, thus invoking proper coordinate systems (or "frames of reference").
Niclas Burenhult
exaly   +4 more sources

A Demonstration of Combining Spatial and Temporal Perception

2011
This paper describes two tests of a continuous-time artificial intelligence model proposed by Nan and Costello[7]. This model aims to combine spatial and temporal perception using a single simple mechanism. The first test demonstrates the spatial learning capability of the model by applying it to data from an experiment by Love[6] on human category ...
Jianglong Nan, Fintan J. Costello
openaire   +2 more sources

Demonstration of a Peer-to-Peer Approach for Spatial Queries

2009
This demo paper presents an prototype implementation of a decentralized and distributed approach for spatial queries. The main focus is the location-based search for all the objects or information in the particular geographical area.
Aleksandra Kovacevic 0001, Aleksandar Todorov, Nicolas Liebau, Dirk Bradler, Ralf Steinmetz   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

A person-rooted spatial analysis of demonstratives

2021
I propose a uniform person-based analysis for demonstrative systems that captures cross-linguistic variation.
openaire   +1 more source

Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese

2004
As a subject of universal appeal, spatial demonstratives have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplines. What marks the present study as distinct is that it is an English-Chinese comparative study set in a cognitive-linguistic framework and that the methodology features a parallel corpora-based, discourse analysis approach.
openaire   +1 more source

Hysteresis in reach planning and spatial demonstrative choice

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Recent studies have demonstrated hysteresis in studies of syntactic choice in language production. These studies further show that the hysteresis effects observed in syntactic choice are similar to the effects observed in motor choice tasks.
Michael Long, Michael P Kaschak
openaire   +2 more sources

Simple demonstrations for introducing spatial coherence

American Journal of Physics, 1996
When two quasiparallel identical beams, originating from the same laser, are superposed, the crossing volume becomes the seat of a system of interference fringes. The spatial coherence of the radiation filling this region may be evaluated by observing the interference pattern generated on a far screen.
Lorenzo Basano, Carlo Pontiggia, Emanuele Piano   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source