Concepts in Action

Part of the Language, Cognition, and Mind Book Series (volume 9)

Editors: Bechberger, Lucas; Kühnberger, Kai-Uwe; Liu, Mingya

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69823-2

ISBN: 978-3-030-69822-5

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Aug 3, 2021

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Chapter 1Concepts in Action: Introduction

Bechberger, Lucas; Liu, Mingya

Pages: 1 –9

[It is impossible to talk about human cognition without talking about concepts—there simply is no human cognition without concepts. Concepts form an abstraction of reality that is central to the functioning of the human mind. Conceptual knowledge (of e.g., APPLE, LOVE and BEFORE) is crucial for...
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Chapter 2Generalizing Psychological Similarity Spaces to Unseen Stimuli

Bechberger, Lucas; Kühnberger, Kai-Uwe

Pages: 11 –36

[The cognitive framework of conceptual spaces proposes to represent concepts as regions in psychological similarity spaces. These similarity spaces are typically obtained through multidimensional scaling (MDS), which converts human dissimilarity ratings for a fixed set of stimuli into a spatial...
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Chapter 3Theories of Meaning for the Internet of Things

Färber, Michael; Svetashova, Yulia; Harth, Andreas

Pages: 37 –61

[In this chapter, we consider the theoretical foundations for representing knowledge in the Internet of Things context. Specifically, we consider (1) the model-theoretic semantics (i.e., extensional semantics), (2) the possible-world semantics (i.e., intensional semantics), (3) the situation...
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Chapter 4A Qualitative Similarity Framework for the Interpretation of Natural Language Similarity Expressions

Gust, Helmar; Umbach, Carla

Pages: 63 –92

[In this paper, a representational framework is presented featuring a qualitative notion of similarity. It is aimed at issues of natural language semantics, in particular the semantics of expressions of similarity and sameness and their role in comparison and ad-hoc kind formation. The framework...
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Chapter 5Numerical Concepts in Context

Gega, Paola; Liu, Mingya; Bechberger, Lucas

Pages: 93 –119

[Numerical concepts are an integral part of everyday conversation and communication. Expressions relating to numbers in natural language can have precise or imprecise interpretations. While the precise interpretation most prominently appears in mathematical contexts, the imprecise interpretation...
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Chapter 6Evaluating Semantic Co-creation by Using a Marker as a Linguistic Constraint Tool in Shared Cognitive Representation Models

Schneider, Stefan; Nürnberger, Andreas

Pages: 121 –152

[Semantic co-creation occurs in the process of communication between two or more people, where human cognitive representation models of the topic of discussion converge. The use of linguistic constraint tools (for example a shared marker) enable participants to focus on communication, improving...
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Chapter 7Does the Activation of Motor Information Affect Semantic Processing?

Scerrati, Elisa; Iani, Cristina; Rubichi, Sandro

Pages: 153 –166

[Several behavioral studies show that semantic content influences reach-to-grasp movement responses. However, not much is known about the influence of motor activation on semantic processing. The present study aimed at filling this gap by examining the influence of pre-activated motor information...
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Chapter 8Grounding Abstract Concepts in Action

Vernillo, Paola

Pages: 167 –194

[Sensory-motor information is linguistically encoded by action verbs. Such verbs are not only used to express action concepts and events, but they are also pervasively exploited in the linguistic representation of abstract concepts and figurative meanings. In the light of several theoretical...

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