The question of how humans handle language is of great value and deserves quite a bit of deep research on its own. However, its value lies beyond the natural boundaries of cognitive science. Since the human mind presents a working language model, we can copy from it while building computerized language models. Even a shallow [...]
Also tagged ambiguity, CHILDES, cognitive science, cogsci, learning, nlp, statistical modelsHere I wish to outline (and sort a bit) two principles I have in mind in dealing with ambiguousness in linguistic input. My point is to suggest ways that might reflect upon the way the human mind deals with this issue. Ambiguity issues are solved by the human mind seamlessly and with probably very little [...]
Also tagged ambiguity, ambiuous, nlpNatural language is both a human creation and used only by humans. This suggests a strong connection between the traits of the language itself and the inner works of the human brain. It seems to me like that the structure of the brain is well optimized for the task and at the same time the [...]
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