Experimental semiotics [[electronic resource] ] : studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication / / edited by Bruno Galantucci, Simon Garrod |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GalantucciBruno
GarrodS. C (Simon C.) |
Collana | Benjamins current topics |
Soggetto topico |
Semiotics
Communication models Interpersonal communication Nonverbal communication |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-59426-9
9786613906717 90-272-7369-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Experimental Semiotics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Experimental semiotics; 1. Experimental semiotics: Recent past of a growing discipline; 2. Summary of contributions in this volume; 3. Future directions; Notes; References; Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous work; 3. Current approach; 4. Experiment; 4.1 Participants; 4.2 Apparatus; 4.3 Stimuli; 4.4 Rules of the game; 4.5 Procedure; 5. Results: An example sign system; 6. Results: Systematicity; 6.1 Measuring systematicity; 6.2 Coding for systematicity
6.3 Reliability6.4 Results; 6.5 Systematicity discussion; 7. Results: Arbitrariness; 7.1 Procedure; 7.2 Results; 7.3 Arbitrariness discussion; 8. Final discussion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Appendix A: Instructions to participants; Appendix B: Instructions for coding systematicity; Can iterated learning explain the emergence of graphical symbols?; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical approaches to the evolution of language; 3. Experiments on the evolution of graphical communication; 4. Comparing iterated learning with interactive communication; 4.1 Experiment; 4.2 Participants 4.3 Task and procedure4.4 Results; 4.4.1 Identification accuracy; 4.4.2 Complexity; 4.4.3 Convergence of signs; 4.5 Discussion; 5. General discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Exploring the cognitive infrastructure of communication; 1. Introduction; 2. The role of conventions; 3. The present study; 4. The Tacit Communication Game; 5. Experiment 1; 5.1 Method; 5.1.1 Participants; 5.1.2 Equipment; 5.1.3 Procedure; 5.1.4 Materials; 5.2 Results; 6. Experiment 2; 6.1 Method; 6.1.1 Participants; 6.1.2 Equipment; 6.1.3 Procedure; 6.1.4 Materials; 6.2 Results 6.3 TCG communication strategies7. Experiment 3; 7.1 Method; 7.1.1 Participants; 7.1.2 Equipment; 7.1.3 Procedure; 7.1.4 Training; 7.1.5 Materials; 7.2 Results; 8. Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; The evolution of communication: Humans may be exceptional; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of communication; and the two-step hypothesis of its emergence; 3. Three case studies of the emergence of communication; 3.1 Simulated Khepera robots; 3.2 The evolution of animal signals; 3.3 Ontogenetic ritualisation; 4. The Embodied Communication Game; 5. Discussion AcknowledgementsReferences; The effects of rapidity of fading on communication systems; 1. Method; 1.1 The game; 1.2 Participants; 2. Results; 2.1 Performance; 2.2 Communicative power; 2.3 Form recombination; 3. Discussion; Notes; References; Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Design without a designer; 3. Iterated language learning; 4. General methodology; 5. Recent studies; 5.1 The data bottleneck; 5.2 The memory bottleneck; 5.3 Another kind of bottleneck: Forcing expressivity 5.4 Increasing early transmission fidelity |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Experimental semiotics [[electronic resource] ] : studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication / / edited by Bruno Galantucci, Simon Garrod |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GalantucciBruno
GarrodS. C (Simon C.) |
Collana | Benjamins current topics |
Soggetto topico |
Semiotics
Communication models Interpersonal communication Nonverbal communication |
ISBN |
1-283-59426-9
9786613906717 90-272-7369-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Experimental Semiotics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Experimental semiotics; 1. Experimental semiotics: Recent past of a growing discipline; 2. Summary of contributions in this volume; 3. Future directions; Notes; References; Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous work; 3. Current approach; 4. Experiment; 4.1 Participants; 4.2 Apparatus; 4.3 Stimuli; 4.4 Rules of the game; 4.5 Procedure; 5. Results: An example sign system; 6. Results: Systematicity; 6.1 Measuring systematicity; 6.2 Coding for systematicity
6.3 Reliability6.4 Results; 6.5 Systematicity discussion; 7. Results: Arbitrariness; 7.1 Procedure; 7.2 Results; 7.3 Arbitrariness discussion; 8. Final discussion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Appendix A: Instructions to participants; Appendix B: Instructions for coding systematicity; Can iterated learning explain the emergence of graphical symbols?; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical approaches to the evolution of language; 3. Experiments on the evolution of graphical communication; 4. Comparing iterated learning with interactive communication; 4.1 Experiment; 4.2 Participants 4.3 Task and procedure4.4 Results; 4.4.1 Identification accuracy; 4.4.2 Complexity; 4.4.3 Convergence of signs; 4.5 Discussion; 5. General discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Exploring the cognitive infrastructure of communication; 1. Introduction; 2. The role of conventions; 3. The present study; 4. The Tacit Communication Game; 5. Experiment 1; 5.1 Method; 5.1.1 Participants; 5.1.2 Equipment; 5.1.3 Procedure; 5.1.4 Materials; 5.2 Results; 6. Experiment 2; 6.1 Method; 6.1.1 Participants; 6.1.2 Equipment; 6.1.3 Procedure; 6.1.4 Materials; 6.2 Results 6.3 TCG communication strategies7. Experiment 3; 7.1 Method; 7.1.1 Participants; 7.1.2 Equipment; 7.1.3 Procedure; 7.1.4 Training; 7.1.5 Materials; 7.2 Results; 8. Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; The evolution of communication: Humans may be exceptional; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of communication; and the two-step hypothesis of its emergence; 3. Three case studies of the emergence of communication; 3.1 Simulated Khepera robots; 3.2 The evolution of animal signals; 3.3 Ontogenetic ritualisation; 4. The Embodied Communication Game; 5. Discussion AcknowledgementsReferences; The effects of rapidity of fading on communication systems; 1. Method; 1.1 The game; 1.2 Participants; 2. Results; 2.1 Performance; 2.2 Communicative power; 2.3 Form recombination; 3. Discussion; Notes; References; Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Design without a designer; 3. Iterated language learning; 4. General methodology; 5. Recent studies; 5.1 The data bottleneck; 5.2 The memory bottleneck; 5.3 Another kind of bottleneck: Forcing expressivity 5.4 Increasing early transmission fidelity |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Experimental semiotics [[electronic resource] ] : studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication / / edited by Bruno Galantucci, Simon Garrod |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GalantucciBruno
GarrodS. C (Simon C.) |
Collana | Benjamins current topics |
Soggetto topico |
Semiotics
Communication models Interpersonal communication Nonverbal communication |
ISBN |
1-283-59426-9
9786613906717 90-272-7369-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Experimental Semiotics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Experimental semiotics; 1. Experimental semiotics: Recent past of a growing discipline; 2. Summary of contributions in this volume; 3. Future directions; Notes; References; Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous work; 3. Current approach; 4. Experiment; 4.1 Participants; 4.2 Apparatus; 4.3 Stimuli; 4.4 Rules of the game; 4.5 Procedure; 5. Results: An example sign system; 6. Results: Systematicity; 6.1 Measuring systematicity; 6.2 Coding for systematicity
6.3 Reliability6.4 Results; 6.5 Systematicity discussion; 7. Results: Arbitrariness; 7.1 Procedure; 7.2 Results; 7.3 Arbitrariness discussion; 8. Final discussion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Appendix A: Instructions to participants; Appendix B: Instructions for coding systematicity; Can iterated learning explain the emergence of graphical symbols?; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical approaches to the evolution of language; 3. Experiments on the evolution of graphical communication; 4. Comparing iterated learning with interactive communication; 4.1 Experiment; 4.2 Participants 4.3 Task and procedure4.4 Results; 4.4.1 Identification accuracy; 4.4.2 Complexity; 4.4.3 Convergence of signs; 4.5 Discussion; 5. General discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Exploring the cognitive infrastructure of communication; 1. Introduction; 2. The role of conventions; 3. The present study; 4. The Tacit Communication Game; 5. Experiment 1; 5.1 Method; 5.1.1 Participants; 5.1.2 Equipment; 5.1.3 Procedure; 5.1.4 Materials; 5.2 Results; 6. Experiment 2; 6.1 Method; 6.1.1 Participants; 6.1.2 Equipment; 6.1.3 Procedure; 6.1.4 Materials; 6.2 Results 6.3 TCG communication strategies7. Experiment 3; 7.1 Method; 7.1.1 Participants; 7.1.2 Equipment; 7.1.3 Procedure; 7.1.4 Training; 7.1.5 Materials; 7.2 Results; 8. Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; The evolution of communication: Humans may be exceptional; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of communication; and the two-step hypothesis of its emergence; 3. Three case studies of the emergence of communication; 3.1 Simulated Khepera robots; 3.2 The evolution of animal signals; 3.3 Ontogenetic ritualisation; 4. The Embodied Communication Game; 5. Discussion AcknowledgementsReferences; The effects of rapidity of fading on communication systems; 1. Method; 1.1 The game; 1.2 Participants; 2. Results; 2.1 Performance; 2.2 Communicative power; 2.3 Form recombination; 3. Discussion; Notes; References; Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Design without a designer; 3. Iterated language learning; 4. General methodology; 5. Recent studies; 5.1 The data bottleneck; 5.2 The memory bottleneck; 5.3 Another kind of bottleneck: Forcing expressivity 5.4 Increasing early transmission fidelity |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Saying, seeing, and acting [[electronic resource] ] : the psychological semantics of spatial prepositions / / Kenny R. Coventry, Simon C. Garrod |
Autore | Coventry Kenny R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Disciplina | 415 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GarrodS. C (Simon C.) |
Collana | Essays in cognitive psychology |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Prepositions
Semantics - Psychological aspects Space and time in language Psycholinguistics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-138-87735-2
1-135-43199-X 1-280-07791-3 0-203-64152-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Figure acknowledgements; PART I: SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING: BACKGROUND TO THE DOMAIN; 1. Introduction to the domain; Spatial prepositions: classifications and boundaries; Saying, seeing, and acting: précis of the argument; 2. Saying: spatial prepositions and lexical semantics; Spatial language, spatial relations, and minimal specification; Herskovits: ideal meanings, use types, and pragmatic principles; Lakoff, Brugman, and . . . dangerous things
Embodiment, action, and spatial languageSummary; 3. Grounding language in perception: from "saying" to "seeing and acting"; The geometry of spatial relations; Perceptual approaches to spatial relations; The importance of action: extra-geometric relations considered; The functional geometric framework; Perceptual origins of the functional geometric framework; Summary and conclusions; PART II: SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING: EVIDENCE FOR THE FUNCTIONAL GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; 4. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 1: the so-called topological prepositions; In; On; Summary 5. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 2: which way up is up? The projective prepositionsReference frames and projective terms; Geometric and dynamic-kinematic routines; Conceptual knowledge and context effects; Summary and conclusions; 6. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 3: other prepositions-proximity, coincidence, and being between; Proximity terms: how near is near?; Near and far; At; Between; Summary; PART III: PUTTING, SEEING, AND ACTING TOGETHER: THE FUNCTIONAL GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK IN ACTION; 7. Putting it all together The need for situation models: the general argumentThe functional geometric framework in action: multiple constraints and spatial language comprehension; Towards weighting constraints by preposition: delineating routines and functions by terms; Summary; 8. Cross-linguistic and developmental implications; The prelinguistic origins of the functional geometric framework; The acquisition of spatial prepositions in English; Functional geometry in languages other than English; Linguistic relativity and the underlying structure of spatial representations for language; Summary 9. Extensions, links, and conclusionsThe functional geometric framework, embodiment, and situated action; Computational modelling and the neural correlates of spatial language comprehension and production; Metaphorical uses of spatial prepositions and underlying models; The functional geometric framework and other syntactic categories; Conclusions; References; Author index; Subject index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450682003321 |
Coventry Kenny R | ||
Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Saying, seeing, and acting [[electronic resource] ] : the psychological semantics of spatial prepositions / / Kenny R. Coventry, Simon C. Garrod |
Autore | Coventry Kenny R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Disciplina | 415 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GarrodS. C (Simon C.) |
Collana | Essays in cognitive psychology |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Prepositions
Semantics - Psychological aspects Space and time in language Psycholinguistics |
ISBN |
1-138-87735-2
1-135-43199-X 1-280-07791-3 0-203-64152-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Figure acknowledgements; PART I: SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING: BACKGROUND TO THE DOMAIN; 1. Introduction to the domain; Spatial prepositions: classifications and boundaries; Saying, seeing, and acting: précis of the argument; 2. Saying: spatial prepositions and lexical semantics; Spatial language, spatial relations, and minimal specification; Herskovits: ideal meanings, use types, and pragmatic principles; Lakoff, Brugman, and . . . dangerous things
Embodiment, action, and spatial languageSummary; 3. Grounding language in perception: from "saying" to "seeing and acting"; The geometry of spatial relations; Perceptual approaches to spatial relations; The importance of action: extra-geometric relations considered; The functional geometric framework; Perceptual origins of the functional geometric framework; Summary and conclusions; PART II: SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING: EVIDENCE FOR THE FUNCTIONAL GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; 4. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 1: the so-called topological prepositions; In; On; Summary 5. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 2: which way up is up? The projective prepositionsReference frames and projective terms; Geometric and dynamic-kinematic routines; Conceptual knowledge and context effects; Summary and conclusions; 6. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 3: other prepositions-proximity, coincidence, and being between; Proximity terms: how near is near?; Near and far; At; Between; Summary; PART III: PUTTING, SEEING, AND ACTING TOGETHER: THE FUNCTIONAL GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK IN ACTION; 7. Putting it all together The need for situation models: the general argumentThe functional geometric framework in action: multiple constraints and spatial language comprehension; Towards weighting constraints by preposition: delineating routines and functions by terms; Summary; 8. Cross-linguistic and developmental implications; The prelinguistic origins of the functional geometric framework; The acquisition of spatial prepositions in English; Functional geometry in languages other than English; Linguistic relativity and the underlying structure of spatial representations for language; Summary 9. Extensions, links, and conclusionsThe functional geometric framework, embodiment, and situated action; Computational modelling and the neural correlates of spatial language comprehension and production; Metaphorical uses of spatial prepositions and underlying models; The functional geometric framework and other syntactic categories; Conclusions; References; Author index; Subject index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783989503321 |
Coventry Kenny R | ||
Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Saying, seeing, and acting : the psychological semantics of spatial prepositions / / Kenny R. Coventry, Simon C. Garrod |
Autore | Coventry Kenny R |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Disciplina | 415 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GarrodS. C (Simon C.) |
Collana | Essays in cognitive psychology |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Prepositions
Semantics - Psychological aspects Space and time in language Psycholinguistics |
ISBN |
1-138-87735-2
1-135-43199-X 1-280-07791-3 0-203-64152-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Figure acknowledgements; PART I: SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING: BACKGROUND TO THE DOMAIN; 1. Introduction to the domain; Spatial prepositions: classifications and boundaries; Saying, seeing, and acting: précis of the argument; 2. Saying: spatial prepositions and lexical semantics; Spatial language, spatial relations, and minimal specification; Herskovits: ideal meanings, use types, and pragmatic principles; Lakoff, Brugman, and . . . dangerous things
Embodiment, action, and spatial languageSummary; 3. Grounding language in perception: from "saying" to "seeing and acting"; The geometry of spatial relations; Perceptual approaches to spatial relations; The importance of action: extra-geometric relations considered; The functional geometric framework; Perceptual origins of the functional geometric framework; Summary and conclusions; PART II: SAYING, SEEING, AND ACTING: EVIDENCE FOR THE FUNCTIONAL GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; 4. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 1: the so-called topological prepositions; In; On; Summary 5. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 2: which way up is up? The projective prepositionsReference frames and projective terms; Geometric and dynamic-kinematic routines; Conceptual knowledge and context effects; Summary and conclusions; 6. Experimental evidence for the functional geometric framework 3: other prepositions-proximity, coincidence, and being between; Proximity terms: how near is near?; Near and far; At; Between; Summary; PART III: PUTTING, SEEING, AND ACTING TOGETHER: THE FUNCTIONAL GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK IN ACTION; 7. Putting it all together The need for situation models: the general argumentThe functional geometric framework in action: multiple constraints and spatial language comprehension; Towards weighting constraints by preposition: delineating routines and functions by terms; Summary; 8. Cross-linguistic and developmental implications; The prelinguistic origins of the functional geometric framework; The acquisition of spatial prepositions in English; Functional geometry in languages other than English; Linguistic relativity and the underlying structure of spatial representations for language; Summary 9. Extensions, links, and conclusionsThe functional geometric framework, embodiment, and situated action; Computational modelling and the neural correlates of spatial language comprehension and production; Metaphorical uses of spatial prepositions and underlying models; The functional geometric framework and other syntactic categories; Conclusions; References; Author index; Subject index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815707003321 |
Coventry Kenny R | ||
Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|