Abstract: Linguistic theory, cognitive, information, and mathematical modeling are all useful while we attempt to achieve a better understanding of the Language Faculty (LF). This cross-disciplinary approach will eventually lead to the identification of the key principles applicable in the systems of Natural Language Processing. The present work concentrates on the syntax-semantics interface. We start from recursive definitions and application of optimization principles, and gradually develop a formal model of syntactic operations. The result – a Fibonacci-like syntactic tree – is in fact an argument-based variant of the natural language syntax. This representation (argument-centered model, ACM) is derived by a recursive calculus that generates a mode which connects arguments and expresses relations between them. The reiterative operation assigns primary role to entities as the key components of syntactic structure. We provide experimental evidence in support of the argument-based model. We also show that mental computation of syntax is influenced by the inter-conceptual relations between the images of entities in a semantic space. This work represents a further step in the formal description of the observed syntax-semantics dependencies. The assumption is made that the syntax-semantic interface is best explained as a particular operation, Merge that applies at both semantic and syntactic levels. The resulting formal description of the stages of syntactic treatment complies with the results of the experiment. A formal model of syntactic operations is developed starting from recursive definitions and application of optimization principles. The result – a Fibonacci-like syntactic tree – is in fact an argument-based variant of the natural language syntax.

Keywords: natural language, mathematical modeling, cognitive modeling

ACM Classification Keywords: I.2 Artificial Intelligence, 1.2.0. Cognitive simulation

Link:

EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT OF SYNTACTIC COMPUTATION BASED ON SEMANTIC MERGE OF CONCEPTS

Velina Slavova, Alona Soschen

http://foibg.com/ijitk/ijitk-vol03/IJITK03-1-p01.pdf