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Modeling Action Verb Semantics Using Motion Tracking

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Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2013 (ICANN 2013)

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In this article, we consider how semantics of action verbs can be grounded on motion tracking data. We present the basic principles and requirements for grounding of verbs through case studies related to human movement. The data includes high-dimensional movement patterns and linguistic expressions that people have used to name these movements. We discuss open issues and possibilities related to symbol grounding. As a conclusion, we find the grounding to be useful when reasoning about the meaning of words and relationships between them within one language and potentially also between languages.

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  1. Department of Information and Computer Science, Aalto University School of Science, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland

    Timo Honkela

  2. Department of Media Technology, Aalto University School of Science, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland

    Klaus Förger

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  1. Faculty Automation,, Technical University of Sofia, 8 St. Kl. Ohridski Blvd., 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Valeri Mladenov

  2. Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.25A, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Petia Koprinkova-Hristova

  3. Institute of Neural Information Processing, University of Ulm, 89075, Ulm, Germany

    Günther Palm

  4. Quartier UNIL-Dorigny, Bâtiment Internef, Université de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Alessandro E. P. Villa

  5. Department of Computer Science, University of Milano, Via Comelico, 39, 20135, Milano, Italy

    Bruno Appollini

  6. Knowledge Engineering, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 120 Mayoral Drive, 3rd floor, 1010, Auckland, New Zealand

    Nikola Kasabov

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Honkela, T., Förger, K. (2013). Modeling Action Verb Semantics Using Motion Tracking. In: Mladenov, V., Koprinkova-Hristova, P., Palm, G., Villa, A.E.P., Appollini, B., Kasabov, N. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2013. ICANN 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8131. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40728-4_39

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