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SUMMARY:Functional Simulation in a Neural Theory of Language - Jerome Feld
 man (UC Berkeley)
DTSTART:20100921T113000Z
DTEND:20100921T123000Z
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CONTACT:Mandy Carter
DESCRIPTION:For over two decades\, the  Neural Theory of Language (NTL) gr
 oup at ICSI/UC\nBerkeley has been developing a unified theory of language 
 acquisition and\nuse.The methodology involves implementing systems that bo
 th perform\nfunctionally and are consistent with experimental findings at 
 all levels.\n \nThe theory has matured to the point where new challenges m
 ost often fit\nexisting structures. The talk will introduce the ECG (Embod
 ied Construction Grammar)\nformalism and the related concepts of simulatio
 n semantics and best-fit\nanalysis. I will discuss how these mechanisms ac
 count for phenomena such as\ncompositionality\, public meaning\, garden pa
 thing and grammar learning.\nThe audience will be invited to suggest addit
 ional challenges.\n \n \n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Br
 ain Sciences
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