Words, Concepts, and the Geometry of Analogy

This paper presents a geometric approach to the problem of modelling the relationship between words and concepts, focusing in particular on analogical phenomena in language and cognition. Grounded in recent theories regarding geometric conceptual spaces, we begin with an analysis of existing static...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stephen McGregor, Matthew Purver, Geraint Wiggins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2016-08-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01403v1