Putting up barriers

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Lobina
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Levels Of Explanation ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Neural Underpinnings ◽  
Different Levels

The study of cognitive phenomena is best approached in an orderly manner. It must begin with an analysis of the function in intension at the heart of any cognitive domain (its knowledge base), then proceed to the manner in which such knowledge is put into use in real-time processing, concluding with a domain’s neural underpinnings, its development in ontogeny, etc. Such an approach to the study of cognition involves the adoption of different levels of explanation/description, as prescribed by David Marr and many others, each level requiring its own methodology and supplying its own data to be accounted for. The study of recursion in cognition is badly in need of a systematic and well-ordered approach, and this chapter lays out the blueprint to be followed in the book by focusing on a strict separation between how this notion applies in linguistic knowledge and how it manifests itself in language processing.

scholarly journals Limits on expectation-based processing: Use of grammatical aspect for co-reference in L2

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Theres Grüter ◽  
Hannah Rohde
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Grammatical Aspect ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
Reference Processing

Abstract This study examines the use of discourse-level information to create expectations about reference in real-time processing, testing whether patterns previously observed among native speakers of English generalize to nonnative speakers. Findings from a visual-world eye-tracking experiment show that native (L1; N = 53) but not nonnative (L2; N = 52) listeners’ proactive coreference expectations are modulated by grammatical aspect in transfer-of-possession events. Results from an offline judgment task show these L2 participants did not differ from L1 speakers in their interpretation of aspect marking on transfer-of-possession predicates in English, indicating it is not lack of linguistic knowledge but utilization of this knowledge in real-time processing that distinguishes the groups. English proficiency, although varying substantially within the L2 group, did not modulate L2 listeners’ use of grammatical aspect for reference processing. These findings contribute to the broader endeavor of delineating the role of prediction in human language processing in general, and in the processing of discourse-level information among L2 users in particular.

Putting it all together

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Lobina
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Data Structures ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Levels Of Explanation ◽  
Computational Processes ◽  
Different Levels

Recursion as a concept can apply to four different theoretical constructs, all of them to some extent independent but with potential points of contact: a) as part of a definition by induction, and thus of possible use to various sciences; b) as a central property of mechanical procedures, as in production systems and merge; c) as a feature of computational processes, when an operation calls itself, yielding chains of deferred operations; and d) as a characteristic of data structures, as in an ‘X within an X’ template. It is of the utmost importance to separate the four meanings and to not conflate them into a single phenomenon; moreover, it is equally important to recognize that these theoretical constructs may well refer to different mental realities that require different levels of explanation/description, in some cases reflecting properties of mental faculties (knowledge base), in others of processing modules (real-time phenomena).

scholarly journals Real-time processing of event descriptions for partially- and fully-completed events: Evidence from the visual world paradigm

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Max J. Kaplan ◽  
Amulya Raju ◽  
Sudha Arunachalam
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Visual World ◽  
Visual World Paradigm ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Semantic Account ◽  
Verb Forms ◽  
Partial Completion ◽  
English Speaking

The current study investigated non-culminating accomplishments through an experimental lens. We used a well-established paradigm for studying real-time language processing using eye-tracking, the visual world paradigm. Our study was modeled after Altmann and Kamide’s (2007) investigation of processing of aspectual information contained in a perfect verb form (e.g., has eaten). We compared English-speaking adults’ interpretations of sentences like ‘The girl has eaten a cookie’ and ‘The girl was eating a cookie’ in the context of one of two visual scenes. In the Full Completion condition, the scene depicted two referents that were compatible with the predicate: one was compatible with the expected end state of the event (e.g., an empty plate), the other with an unrealized version of the event (e.g., an uneaten cookie). In the Partial Completion condition, the scene depicted a referent that was compatible with a partially-completed version of the event (e.g., part of a cookie on a plate) and an unrealized interpretation (e.g., an uneaten cookie). For verb forms in the perfect (e.g., has eaten) but not in the progressive, we found a difference between conditions; listeners preferred to look at the fully-affected referent in the Full Completion condition as compared to the partially-affected referent in the Partial Completion condition. We take the results as suggestive in favor of a pragmatic rather than semantic account of non-culmination interpretations in English.

GPU Acceleration of Algorithm to Design Directional Volumetric Display for Real-time Processing

2019 ◽  
pp. 989
Author(s):  
Daiki Matsumoto ◽  
Ryuji Hirayama ◽  
Naoto Hoshikawa ◽  
Hirotaka Nakayama ◽  
Tomoyoshi Shimobaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Gpu Acceleration ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Volumetric Display

scholarly journals A Real Time Processing system for big data in astronomy: Applications to HERA

2021 ◽  
pp. 100489
Author(s):  
Paul La Plante ◽  
P.K.G. Williams ◽  
M. Kolopanis ◽  
J.S. Dillon ◽  
A.P. Beardsley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing

Real-Time Processing of Spaceborne SAR Data With Nonlinear Trajectory Based on Variable PRF

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jianlai Chen ◽  
Junchao Zhang ◽  
Yanghao Jin ◽  
Hanwen Yu ◽  
Buge Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Sar Data

scholarly journals A Set of Integral Grid-Coding Algebraic Operations Based on GeoSOT-3D

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 489
Author(s):  
Kaihua Hou ◽  
Chengqi Cheng ◽  
Bo Chen ◽  
Chi Zhang ◽  
Liesong He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
Algebraic Operation ◽  
Real Time Processing ◽  
C Language ◽  
Time Processing ◽  
Binary Operations ◽  
Set Operations

As the amount of collected spatial information (2D/3D) increases, the real-time processing of these massive data is among the urgent issues that need to be dealt with. Discretizing the physical earth into a digital gridded earth and assigning an integral computable code to each grid has become an effective way to accelerate real-time processing. Researchers have proposed optimization algorithms for spatial calculations in specific scenarios. However, a complete set of algorithms for real-time processing using grid coding is still lacking. To address this issue, a carefully designed, integral grid-coding algebraic operation framework for GeoSOT-3D (a multilayer latitude and longitude grid model) is proposed. By converting traditional floating-point calculations based on latitude and longitude into binary operations, the complexity of the algorithm is greatly reduced. We then present the detailed algorithms that were designed, including basic operations, vector operations, code conversion operations, spatial operations, metric operations, topological relation operations, and set operations. To verify the feasibility and efficiency of the above algorithms, we developed an experimental platform using C++ language (including major algorithms, and more algorithms may be expanded in the future). Then, we generated random data and conducted experiments. The experimental results show that the computing framework is feasible and can significantly improve the efficiency of spatial processing. The algebraic operation framework is expected to support large geospatial data retrieval and analysis, and experience a revival, on top of parallel and distributed computing, in an era of large geospatial data.

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