Symbol Grounding or the Emergence of Symbols? Vocabulary Growth in Children and a Connecfionist Net

Connection Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1992, Pages 293-312

  Plunkett, Kim ^a   Sinha, Chris ^b   Møller, Martin F ^b   Strandsby, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

auto association; comprehension; concept formation; epigenesis; neural networks; over extension; production; prototypes; semantic development; Symbol grounding; symbolic behaviour; vocabulary growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144472825     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540099208946620     Document Type: Article

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