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Parisi, D., Cangelosi, A., and Falcetta, I. (2002) Verbs, Nouns and Simulated Language games. Journal of Italian Linguistics, 14(1):99--114.
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Verbs, nouns, and simulated language games
Domenico Parisi
Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology
National Research Council
parisi@ip.rm.cnr.it
Angelo Cangelosi
Centre for Neural and Adaptive Systems
School of Computing
University of Plymouth
acangelosi@soc.plym.ac.uk
Ilaria Falcetta
University of Rome La Sapienza
ilariafalcetta@libero.it
Abstract The paper describes some simple computer simulations that implement Wittgenstein's notion of a language game, where the meaning of a linguistic signal is the role played by the linguistic signal in the individual's interactions with the nonlinguistic and linguistic environment. In the simulations an artificial organism interacts at the sensory­motor level with an environment and its behavior is influenced by the linguistic signals the individual receives from the environment (conspecifics). Using this approach we try to capture the distinction between (proto)verbs and (proto)nouns, where (proto)verbs are linguistic signals that tend to co­vary with the action with which the organism must respond to the sensory input whereas (proto)nouns are linguistic signals that tend to co­vary with the particular sensory input to which the organism must respond with its actions. Some extensions 2 of the approach to the analysis of other parts of speech ((proto)adjectives, (proto)sentences, etc.) are also described. The paper ends up with some open questions and suggestions on how to deal with them.
1. Simulated language games The meaning of a linguistic signal is the manner in which the linguistic signal is used in the everyday interactions of speakers/hearers with the world and the role the linguistic signal plays in their overall behavior. This Wittgensteinian definition of meaning, while probably correct, poses a serious problem for the study of language in that, although linguistic signals as sounds or visual (written) forms are easily identified, observed, and described, the ...
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@article{parisi_nounsVerbs,
  author={D. Parisi and A. Cangelosi and I. Falcetta},
  title={Verbs, Nouns and Simulated Language games},
  journal={Journal of Italian Linguistics},
  year={2002},
  volume={14},
  number={1},
  pages={99-114},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/parisi_nounsVerbs.html}
}

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