Cel When humans process language, they rarely do so in isolation. Linguistic input often occurs synchronously with visual input, e.g. in everyday activities such as attending a lecture or following directions on a map. The visual context constrains the interpretation of the linguistic input, and vice versa, making processing more efficient and less ambiguous. Given the ubiquity of synchronous linguistic and visual processing, it is surprising that there is only a sparse experimental literature that deals with this topic, while virtually no computational models exist that capture the synchronous interpretation process. We propose an experimental research program that will investigate key features of synchronous processing by tracking participants' eye movements when they view a naturalistic scene and listen to a speech stimulus at the same time. The aim is to understand synchronous processing better by studying the interaction of saliency and ambiguity, and the role of incrementality, object context, and task factors. These experimental results will feed into a series of computational models that predict the eye-movement patterns that humans exhibit when they view a scene and listen to speech at the same time. The key modeling idea is to treat synchronous processing as an alignment problem, for which a rich literature exists in computational linguistics. Building on this literature, we will develop models that incrementally construct aligned linguistic and visual representations, and that can be evaluated against eye-tracking data. Dziedzina nauki humanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticssocial sciencesmedia and communicationsgraphic design Słowa kluczowe Language processing alignment cognitive modeling computational linguistics eye-tracking synchronous grammars visual processing Program(-y) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) ERC-SG-SH3 - ERC Starting Grant - Environment and society Zaproszenie do składania wniosków ERC-2007-StG Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Instytucja przyjmująca THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Wkład UE € 1 126 000,00 Adres OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy Frank Keller (Dr.) Kontakt administracyjny Angela Noble (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Beneficjenci (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE € 1 126 000,00 Adres OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh Zobacz na mapie Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy Frank Keller (Dr.) Kontakt administracyjny Angela Noble (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
