Language Strategies for the Domain of Colour
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Language strategies for the domain of colour Joris Bleys language Computational Models of Language science press Evolution 3 Computational Models of Language Evolution Editors: Luc Steels, Remi van Trijp In this series: 1. Steels, Luc. The Talking Heads Experiment: Origins of words and meanings. 2. Vogt, Paul. How mobile robots can self-organize a vocabulary. 3. Bleys, Joris. Language strategies for the domain of colour. 4. van Trijp, Remi. The evolution of case grammar. 5. Spranger, Michael. The evolution of grounded spatial language. ISSN: 2364-7809 Language strategies for the domain of colour Joris Bleys language science press Joris Bleys. 2015. Language strategies for the domain of colour (Computational Models of Language Evolution 3). Berlin: Language Science Press. 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Contents Preface xi Acknowledgements xv Abbreviations xvii I Introduction 1 1 Language systems and language strategies 3 1.1 Language strategies for colour ................... 4 1.1.1 Basic colour strategy .................... 5 1.1.2 Graded membership strategy ............... 6 1.1.3 Compounding strategy ................... 6 1.1.4 Basic modification strategy ................ 8 1.1.5 Other strategies ....................... 9 1.2 Modelling language strategies and linguistic interaction ..... 9 1.2.1 Language games for colour ................ 10 1.2.2 Background assumptions ................. 12 1.3 Self-organisation of language systems ............... 12 1.4 Modelling the self-organisation of language systems ....... 12 1.5 Evolution of language strategies .................. 13 1.6 Modelling evolution of language strategies ............ 14 1.7 Structure of this book ........................ 15 2 Formalisms for language systems and language strategies 17 2.1 Embodied cognitive semantics using IRL ............. 18 2.1.1 Theoretical foundations .................. 18 2.1.2 Semantic constraint network ............... 19 2.1.3 Evaluation .......................... 21 2.1.4 Conceptualisation and chunking ............. 24 2.1.5 Implementation of a primitive ............... 26 Contents 2.2 Construction Grammar using FCG ................. 27 2.2.1 Theoretical foundations .................. 27 2.2.2 Language processing .................... 28 2.2.3 Coupled feature structures ................. 28 2.2.4 Application of a construction ............... 29 2.2.5 Structure building ..................... 30 2.2.6 Linking through variable equalities ............ 32 2.2.7 Application of an example construction ......... 33 II Language strategies for colour 39 3 Basic colour strategy 43 3.1 Related research ........................... 43 3.1.1 Colour categories ...................... 43 3.1.2 Models ............................ 44 3.2 Semantic template .......................... 45 3.2.1 Profiling ........................... 46 3.2.2 Categorisation based on colour .............. 46 3.2.3 Selection based on activation ............... 47 3.2.4 Semantic constraint network ............... 47 3.2.5 Semantic primitives .................... 48 3.3 Syntactic templates ......................... 49 3.3.1 Syntactic template 1.1: Semantic entities ......... 50 3.3.2 Syntactic template 1.2: Functional primitives ....... 52 3.3.3 Syntactic template 1.3: Contextual primitives ...... 53 3.4 Baseline experiment ......................... 54 3.4.1 Measures of communicative success ........... 54 3.4.2 Results ............................ 55 3.5 Conclusion .............................. 56 4 Graded membership strategy 57 4.1 Related research ........................... 57 4.2 Semantic template .......................... 58 4.2.1 Profiling and categorisation based on colour ....... 60 4.2.2 Categorisation based on membership ........... 60 4.2.3 Selection based on activation ............... 60 4.2.4 Semantic constraint network ............... 60 4.2.5 Semantic primitives .................... 61 4.2.6 Alternative approaches to semantics ........... 62 iv Contents 4.3 Syntactic templates ......................... 63 4.3.1 Syntactic template 1.1: Semantic entities ......... 63 4.3.2 Syntactic template 1.2: Functional primitives ....... 65 4.3.3 Syntactic template 2.1: Re-use of constructions ..... 65 4.4 Baseline experiment ......................... 66 4.5 Conclusion .............................. 70 5 Category combination strategy 71 5.1 Related research ........................... 71 5.2 Semantic template .......................... 73 5.2.1 Profiling and first categorisation based on colour .... 75 5.2.2 Transformation of the set of colour categories ...... 75 5.2.3 Second categorisation based on colour .......... 75 5.2.4 Optional categorisation based on membership ...... 75 5.2.5 Selection based on activation ............... 76 5.2.6 Semantic constraint network ............... 76 5.2.7 Semantic primitives .................... 76 5.2.8 Alternative approaches to semantics ........... 78 5.3 Syntactic templates ......................... 78 5.3.1 Syntactic template 1.1: Semantic entities ......... 79 5.3.2 Syntactic template 1.2: Functional primitives ....... 79 5.3.3 Syntactic template 1.3: Contextual primitives ...... 79 5.3.4 Syntactic template 2.2: Re-use of constructions ..... 81 5.4 Baseline experiment ......................... 82 5.5 Conclusion .............................. 85 6 Basic modification strategy 87 6.1 Related research ........................... 88 6.2 Semantic template .......................... 88 6.2.1 Profiling and first categorisation based on colour .... 89 6.2.2 Transformation of set of modifying categories ...... 90 6.2.3 Second categorisation based on modifiers ........ 90 6.2.4 Optional categorisation based on membership ...... 90 6.2.5 Selection based on activation ............... 91 6.2.6 Semantic constraint network ............... 91 6.2.7 Semantic primitives .................... 92 6.3 Syntactic templates ......................... 92 6.4 Baseline Experiment ......................... 94 6.5 Conclusion .............................. 96 v Contents III Self-organisation of language systems 99 7 Basic colour strategy 103 7.1 Related models ............................ 103 7.2 Adoption and alignment operators ................. 104 7.2.1 Acquisition experiment .................. 104 7.2.2 Measures .......................... 105 7.2.2.1 Number of categories .............. 105 7.2.2.2 Interpretation variance ............. 105 7.2.3 Results ............................ 106 7.3 Invention operator .......................... 108 7.3.1 Formation experiment ................... 109 7.3.2 Results ............................ 110 7.3.2.1 Brightness and hue strategy .......... 110 7.3.2.2 Brightness strategy ............... 110 7.4 Conclusion .............................. 113 8 Graded membership strategy 115 8.1 Adoption and alignment operators ................. 115 8.1.1 Acquisition experiment .................. 116 8.1.2 Measures: Membership category variance ........ 116 8.1.3 Results ............................ 117 8.2 Invention operator .......................... 118 8.2.1 Formation experiment ................... 119 8.2.2 Measures: Number of membership categories ...... 119 8.2.3 Results ............................ 119 8.3 Conclusion .............................. 121 9 Further experiments on basic colour systems 123 9.1 Impact of environment on similarity to natural systems ..... 123 9.1.1 Data sets ........................... 124 9.1.2 Extracting colour categories ................ 125 9.1.3 Comparison to human colour categories ......... 127 9.1.4 Conclusion ......................... 129 9.2 Impact of language on universal trends .............. 129 9.2.1 Discrimination game .................... 129 9.2.2 Alignment within one population ............. 130 9.2.3 Alignment over different populations ........... 130 9.2.4 Conclusion ......................... 135 vi Contents 9.3 Impact of embodiment on performance of operators ....... 135 9.3.1 Robotic setup and visual perception ............ 136 9.3.2 Perceptual deviation and structure in embodied data .. 139 9.3.3 Discerning the impact of embodiment .......... 141 9.3.4 Resulting dynamics ..................... 142 9.3.5 Comparison to human categories ............. 144 9.3.6 Conclusion ......................... 147 9.4 General conclusion ......................... 147 IV Evolution and origins