Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch

Kate Lockwood; Andrew Lovett; Ken Forbus

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_21

Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch

Kate Lockwood^*, Andrew Lovett, Ken Forbus

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Abstract

The need to communicate and reason about space is pervasive in human cognition. Consequently, most languages develop specialized terms for describing relationships between objects in space - spatial prepositions. However, the specific set of prepositions and the delineations between them vary widely. For example, in English containment relationships are categorized as in and support relationships are classified as on. In Dutch, on the other hand, three different prepositions are used to distinguish between different types of support relations: op, aan, and om. In this paper we show how progressive alignment can be used to model the formation of spatial language categories along the containment-support continuum in both English and Dutch.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Spatial Cognition VI
Subtitle of host publication	Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space - International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Proceedings
Pages	283-294
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_21
State	Published - 2008
Event	International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008 - Freiburg, Germany Duration: Sep 15 2008 → Sep 19 2008

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	5248 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Freiburg
Period	9/15/08 → 9/19/08

Keywords

Cognitive modeling
Spatial prepositions

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Lockwood, K., Lovett, A., & Forbus, K. (2008). Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch. In Spatial Cognition VI: Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space - International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Proceedings (pp. 283-294). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5248 LNAI). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_21

Lockwood, Kate ; Lovett, Andrew ; Forbus, Ken. / Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch. Spatial Cognition VI: Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space - International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Proceedings. 2008. pp. 283-294 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Lockwood, K, Lovett, A & Forbus, K 2008, Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch. in Spatial Cognition VI: Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space - International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 5248 LNAI, pp. 283-294, International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Freiburg, Germany, 9/15/08. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_21

Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch. / Lockwood, Kate; Lovett, Andrew; Forbus, Ken.
Spatial Cognition VI: Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space - International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Proceedings. 2008. p. 283-294 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5248 LNAI).

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Lockwood K, Lovett A, Forbus K. Automatic classification of containment and support spatial relations in English and Dutch. In Spatial Cognition VI: Learning, Reasoning, and Talking about Space - International Conference Spatial Cognition 2008, Proceedings. 2008. p. 283-294. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-87601-4_21

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