Functional Features in Language and Space Insights from Perception, Categorization, and Development

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The notions of 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' are associated with relatively new developments and insights in several areas of cognition. This book brings together different definitions, insights and research related to defining these notions from such diverse areas aslanguage, perception, categorization and development. Each of the contributors in this book explicitly defines the notion of 'function', 'feature' or 'functional feature' within their own theoretical framework, presents research in which such a notion plays a pivotal role, and discusses thecontribution of functional features in relation to their insights in a particular area of cognition. As such, this book not only presents new developments devoted to defining 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' in several sub-disciplines of cognitive science, but also offers a focusedaccount of how these notions operate within the cognitive interface linking language and spatial representation. All book chapters are accessible for the interested novice, and offer the specialized researcher new empirical and theoretical insights into defining function, both with respect to thelanguage and space interface and across cognition. The introduction to the book presents the reader with the main issues and viewpoints that are discussed in more detail in each of the book chapters.

Preface

List of Contributors

xii

1 Functional Features in Language and Space

(10)

Laura A. Carlson and Emile van der Zee

1.1 Part One-Features: Derived from Perception, Action, and Embodiment

(2)

1.2 Part Two-Function: Definitions and Influence

(1)

1.3 Part Three-Features that are Functional: Categorization, Learning, and Language

(2)

1.4 Part Four-Overview of Research in Space and Language

(3)

PART ONE-FEATURES: DERIVED FROM PERCEPTION, ACTION, AND EMBODIMENT

2 Language is Grounded in Action

(14)

Arthur Glenberg and Michael Kaschak

2.1 Theories of Meaning u

2.2 Testing the Indexical Hypothesis

(4)

2.3 The Action-sentence Compatibility Effect

(3)

2.4 Conclusions

(1)

3 The Bicycle Pedal is in Front of the Table. Why some Objects do not Fit into some Spatial Relations

(14)

Manuel de Vega and Maria J. Rodrigo

3.1 Introduction

(1)

3.2 Meaning as Embodied Representation

(2)

3.3 Figures and Grounds

(2)

3.4 A Study on Locative Sentences

(5)

3.5 Concluding Remarks

(3)

4 Dissociation between Verbal and Pointing Responding in Perspective Change Problems

(14)

Ranxiao Frances Wang

4.1 Introduction

(3)

4.2 Experiment 1

(3)

4.3 Experiment 2

(4)

4.4 General Discussion

(3)

5 An Ecological Approach to the Interface between Language and Vision

(18)

Rajesh Kasturirangan

5.1 Introduction

(2)

5.2 Schematization and Context Sensitivity

(2)

5.3 A Model of the Language-Perception Interface

(8)

5.4 Predictions

(3)

5.5 Conclusions

(3)

6 Contextual, Functional, and Geometric Components in the Semantics of Projective Terms

(22)

Carola Eschenbach

6.1 Introduction

(2)

6.2 A Common Model of Reference Systems and Projective Prepositions

(1)

6.3 Functional Asymmetries and Principal Directions

(7)

6.4 German Projective Terms beyond Prepositions

(5)

6.5 Conclusion

(6)

7 Verbs and Directions: The Interaction of Geometry and Function in Determining Orientation

(20)

Christopher Habel

7.1 Introduction

(1)

7.2 Describing Turning Situations Using the German Verb drehen

(5)

7.3 Conceptual Semantics for the German Verb drehen

100

(12)

7.4 Conclusion

112

(1)

8 Between Space and Function: How Spatial and Functional Features Determine the Comprehension of between

113

(18)

Emile van der Zee and Matt Watson

8.1 Introduction

114

(1)

8.2 Spatial Features Representing Referent Distributions

114

(6)

8.3 Visual Functional Features

120

(1)

8.4 Linguistic Functional Features

121

(1)

8.5 General Functional Features

122

(1)

8.6 Dynamic-Kinematic Features

123

(1)

8.7 One Lexical Concept but more than one Corresponding Spatial Prototype

124

(1)

8.8 The Meaning of between in Context

125

(6)

PART TWO-FUNCTION: DEFINITIONS AND INFLUENCE

9 The HIPE Theory of Function

131

(18)

Lawrence Barsalou, Steven Sloman, and Sergio Chaigneau

9.1 Introduction

131

(1)

9.2 The HIPE Theory

132

(6)

9.3 Causal Chains in HIPE

138

(7)

9.4 Applications

145

(4)

10 Towards a Classification of Extra-geometric Influences on the Comprehension of Spatial Prepositions

149

(14)

Kenny Coventry and Simon Garrod

10.1 Introduction

149

(2)

10.2 In and On

151

(2)

10.3 Projective Prepositions; over, under, above, below, in front of and behind

153

(5)

10.4 Other Prepositions: The Case of between

158

(2)

10.5 Putting Geometric and Extra-geometric Constraints Together: The Functional Geometric Framework

160

(3)

11 Is it in or is it on? The Influence of Geometry and Location Control on Children's Descriptions of Containment and Support Events

163

(12)

Lynn Richards and Kenny Coventry

11.1 Introduction

163

(1)

11.2 In and on: The Importance of the Extra-geometric Factor of Location Control in Adult Comprehension and Production

164

(2)

11.3 Influences of Form and Function: The Development of Object Naming

166

(2)

11.4 The Development of in and on in a Child's Lexicon, and the Pre-linguistic Understanding of Containment and Support

168

(2)

11.5 Where's the Orange? Geometric and Functional Factors in Children's Production of in and on

170

(3)

11.6 Summary and Conclusions

173

(2)

12 Defining Functional Features for Spatial Language

175

(16)

Laura Carlson and Edwin Covell

12.1 Introduction

175

(3)

12.2 The Functional Bias

178

(3)

12.3 Classificatory Features of the Reference Objects

181

(5)

12.4 Principal Components Analysis of the Reference Objects

186

(3)

12.5 Implications and Conclusions

189

(2)

13 Attention in Spatial Language: Bridging Geometry and Function

191

(14)

Terry Regier, Laura Carlson, and Bryce Corrigan

13.1 Introduction

191

(1)

13.2 An Attentional Account of Spatial Terms

192

(3)

13.3 Testing the AVS Model

195

(3)

13.4 Bridging Geometry and Function

198

(2)

13.5 Object Function, Attention, and the AVS Model

200

(1)

13.6 Can the AVS Model Account for Functional Effects?

200

(3)

13.7 Discussion

203

(2)

14 Being Near the Ceramic, but not Near the Mug: On the Role of Construal in Spatial Language

205

(14)

Sandeep Prasada

14.1 Introduction

206

(1)

14.2 Object and Substance Construals and Functional Information

207

(6)

14.3 Construal, Functional Properties, and Spatial Language

213

(4)

14.4 A Note on Conventional Objects

217

(1)

14.5 Conclusion

217

(2)

15 Force and Function in the Acquisition of the Preposition in

219

(16)

Claude Vandeloise

15.1 Introduction

220

(1)

15.2 Force, Movement, and Function

220

(2)

15.3 The Role of Force in the Use of the Preposition in

222

(2)

15.4 Containment and the Family Resemblance C/c

224

(2)

15.5 The Acquisition of the Preposition in

226

(3)

15.6 Relative Importance of Geometric and Dynamic Factors in the Use of the Preposition in

229

(6)

PART THREE-FEATURES THAT ARE FUNCTIONAL: CATEGORIZATION, LEARNING, AND LANGUAGE

16 Shape: A Developmental Product

235

(22)

Linda B. Smith

16.1 Introduction

235

(1)

16.2 Some Circumstantial Evidence

236

(4)

16.3 New Evidence on Developmental Changes in the Perception of Shape Similarity

240

(12)

16.4 Toward a Theory of Shape

252

(5)

17 Adaptation of Perceptual and Semantic Features

257

(18)

Brian Rogosky and Robert Goldstone

17.1 Introduction

258

(1)

17.2 Featural Approaches

259

(2)

17.3 Alternatives to Fixed Features

261

(6)

17.4 Semantic Features

267

(6)

17.5 Conclusion

273

(2)

18 Infants' Attention to and Use of Functional Properties in Categorization

275

(18)

Kelly Madole and Lisa Oakes

18.1 Introduction

276

(1)

18.2 Developmental Changes in Infants' Attention to an Object's function

277

(2)

18.3 Developmental Changes in Infants' Attention to Appearance-Function Correlations

279

(3)

18.4 Developmental Changes in Infants' Ability to use Function as a Basis for Categorization

282

(5)

18.5 Developmental Changes in Background Knowledge Constrain Infants' attention to Appearance-Function Correlations

287

(3)

18.6 Conclusions

290

(3)

19 Developmental Constraints on the Representation of Spatial Relation Information: Evidence from Preverbal Infants

293

(18)

Paul C. Quinn

19.1 Introduction

294

(1)

19.2 Early Category Representations for Objects

294

(1)

19.3 Early Category Representations for Spatial Relations

295

(12)

19.4 Speculations on an Overall Course of Development for the Representation of Objects and Spatial Relations

307

(1)

19.5 Conclusions

308

(3)

20 Path Expressions in Finnish and Swedish: The Role of Constructions

311

(20)

Urpo Nikanne

20.1 Introduction

311

(1)

20.2 Conceptual Structure Representation

312

(3)

20.3 The Problem

315

(4)

20.4 Different Ways to Analyze the Swedish Construction

319

(3)

20.5 Differences in Syntactico-conceptual Linking between Finnish and Swedish

322

(3)

20.6 Formulation of the Swedish Construction

325

(2)

20.7 Conclusion

327

(4)

PART FOUR-THE PERVASIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL FEATURES IN LANGUAGE AND SPACE

21 Form and Function

331

(18)

Barbara Tversky

21.1 Introduction

331

(1)

21.2 Accounting for Spatial Language

332

(1)

21.3 Referring to Things

333

(8)

21.4 Naming Emphasizes Function

341

(3)

21.5 Referring to Spatial Relations

344

(3)

21.6 Parting Words

347

(2)

References

349

(28)

Author Index

377

(8)

Index of Terms

385

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Functional Features in Language and Space Insights from Perception, Categorization, and Development

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