Cultural evolution creates language-like structure: from humans to humpback whales and beyond
Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, FranceSimon Kirby University of Edinburgh All known languages are made up of statistically coherent sequences - words - whose frequency distribution follows a power law known as a Zipfian distribution. Despite the ubiquity of these features across languages their origins are poorly understood. In this talk, I will argue that they arise because they facilitate learning […]
Multidimensional Semantics for Concrete and Abstract Concepts
Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, FrancePenny M. Pexman Western University, Canada Multiple representation theories posit that concepts are represented via a combination of properties derived from sensorimotor, affective, linguistic, and other experiences. One advantage of this approach is that it helps address the challenge of abstract meanings, like wisdom and friendship, which are central to our mental and social […]
The Role of Social Experience in the Grounding of Abstract Concepts
B011 LPL 5 avenue Pasteur, Aix-en-Provence, FranceThesis defense of Daria Goriachun Under the direction of de Johannes Ziegler (CRPN) et Núria Gala (LPL) Jury : Johannes Ziegler – Directeur de thèse Núria Gala – Co-directrice de thèse Anna Borghi – Rapporteure Penny Pexman – Rapporteure Gabriella Vigliocco – Présidente du jury Kristof Strijkers – Examinateur Abstract : Understanding abstract concepts like […]
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