Connectionist Approaches to Natural Language Processing

by Reilly, Ronan G.; Sharkey, Noel E.

• ISBN13: 9780863771798
• ISBN10: 0863771793
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-01-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pr

Summary

This text looks at the field of connectionist natural language processing CNLP. The book comprises four main sections dealing with connectionist approaches to semantics, syntax, the debate on representational adequacy and connectionist models of psycholinguistic processes.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Connectionist Natural Language Proccessing	p. 1
Semantics
Introduction	p. 15
Distributed Symbol Discovery througb Symbol Recirculation: Toward Natural Language Processing in Distributed Connectionist Networks	p. 21
Representing Meaning Using Microfeatures	p. 49
Noun Phrase Analysis with Connectionist Networks	p. 75
Parallel Constraint Satisfaction as a Comprehension Mechanism	p. 97
Syntax
Introduction	p. 139
References	p. 141
Self-Correcting Connectionist Parsing	p. 143
A Net-linguistic "Earley" Parser	p. 169
Representational Adequacy
Introduction	p. 209
References	p. 211
The Demons and the Beast - Modular and Nodular Kinds of Knowledge	p. 213
Representational Adequacy and the Case for a Hybrid Connectionist/Marker-parsing Model	p. 253
A Step Toward Sub-symbolic Language Models without Linguistic Representations	p. 273
Computational Psycholinguistics
Introduction	p. 317
References	p. 319
Connectionist Models of Speech Perception	p. 321
Connectionism: A New Breed of Bottom-up Model?	p. 351
Models of Form-related Priming in Comprehension and Production	p. 373
Reading with Attentional Impairments: A Brain-Damaged Model of Neglect and Attentional Dyslexias	p. 409
Author Index	p. 461
Subject Index	p. 469
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