A model of grounded language acquisition: Sensorimotor features improve lexical and grammatical learning

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-276

  Howell, Steve R ^a,b   Jankowicz, Damian ^a   Becker, Suzanna ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Features; Language acquisition; Neural network; Semantics; Sensorimotor; SRN

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744448398     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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