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Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces

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Logic and Its Applications (ICLA 2011)

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The overall goal is to show that conceptual spaces are more promising than other ways of modelling the semantics of natural language. In particular, I will show how they can be used to model actions and events. I will also outline how conceptual spaces provide a cognitive grounding for word classes, including nouns, adjectives, prepositions and verbs.

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  1. Lund University Cognitive Science, Kungshuset, S-22222, Lund, Sweden

    Peter Gärdenfors

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, 208016, Kanpur, India

    Mohua Banerjee

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 208016, Kanpur, India

    Anil Seth

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Gärdenfors, P. (2011). Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces. In: Banerjee, M., Seth, A. (eds) Logic and Its Applications. ICLA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6521. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18026-2_1

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