Anchoring Social Symbol Grounding in Children’s Interactions

KI - Kunstliche Intelligenz

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-151

  Vogt, Paul ^a   Mastin, J Douglas ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Engagement Level; Joint Attention; Language Game; Mutual Exclusivity; Word Learning

Indexed keywords

MODELING LANGUAGES; SCAFFOLDS;

ANCHORINGS; COGNITIVE MECHANISMS; ENGAGEMENT LEVELS; JOINT ATTENTION; LANGUAGE GAMES; MULTI-AGENT MODEL; MUTUAL EXCLUSIVITIES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SYMBOL GROUNDING; WORD LEARNING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901616101     PISSN: 09331875     EISSN: 16101987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13218-013-0243-6     Document Type: Article

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