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Research on the Cognitive Process of second language vocabulary learning and its application to machine translation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07680411
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Intelligent informatics
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

FURUKAWA Koichi (1996-1997)  Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 大学院・政策・メディア研究科, 教授 (10245615)

今井 むつみ (1995)  慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部, 助手 (60255601)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IMAI Mutsumi  Lecturer, Environmental Information, Keio University, 環境情報学部, 専任講師 (60255601)
ISHIZAKI Shun  Professor, Environmental Information, Keio University, 環境情報学部, 教授 (00245614)
古川 康一  慶應義塾大学, 政策メディア研究科, 教授 (10245615)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsLanguage acquisition / Learning foreign languages / Machine translation / Machine learning / Cognitive phycology experiments / Vocabulary learning / 意味構造のタイポロジー / 移動動詞 / 外国語語彙学習 / 認知言語学 / マルチメディア実験システム
Research Abstract

We irrvestigated the causes for difficuties adult learners face in learning a second language, with a special focus on Japanese speakers learning English as the second language. Specifically, we suspected that one of the reasons for the difficulty in learning a second language is due to the difference in lexicalzation structures between the learner's narive language and the target second language he/she is learning We tested this hypothesis empirically focusing on the two semantic domains : (1) a domain of lexicalizing motions, and (2) the domain of lexicalizing superordinate concepts with respect to individuation. Through a series of experiments, we found that, in both domains, Japanese speakers assumed novel English words as equivalents of the corresponding Japanese words, and learning of the full meanings of the target English words were hindered by this assumption.
The basic research for implementing the high quality machine translation has been conducted. A large scale association … More experiment was implemented to collect gene ralized concepts, specific ones, similar ones, attribute ones, related action concepts and related situation ones from Japanese basic nouns which are extracted from elementary school text books. The concepts are organized into hierarchical structures to be an electronic concept dictionary. In general, contextual information is necessary for high quality machine translation. The dictionary will provide such crucial information from the related action concepts or the related situation concepts in the electronic concept dictionary.
As for computer simulation of human vocaburary learning mechanism, we tried to formulate it by Inductive Logic Programming with abduction (abductive ILP). Abductive ILP is different from standard ILP in a sense that it rather suggests to augment background knowledge than to infer rules to explain given examples. By using this function, the system can guess, for example, a missing grammatical category for certain words in a given sentence when it cannot be parsed correctly due to the lacking information. In our research, we developed a complete procedure to find the missing a single rule or fact if there exist. Less

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(4 results)
  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (35 results)

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All Publications (35 results)

  • [Publications] 村上 知子, 古川 康一, 尾崎 知伸: "アブダクションの逆伴意による実現と部分演繹法との等価性について" 人工知能学会基礎論研究会. 第32回. 103-108 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川 康一: "逆伴意における最弱仮説の完全化について" 人工知能学会基礎論研究会. 第32回. 153-160 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Imai, Mutsumi: "Influence of the countmass syntax on the construals of Superordinate Concepts" Cognition. 60. 269-298 (1996)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Imai, M. & Mazuka, R.: "A Crosslinguistic study on the construal of individuation in Linguistic and non-linguistic contexts" Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 石崎 俊: "Semantic and Coutextual Information Extraction : Using Association Experiment and Multiple Regression Analysis" Proceedings of International Workshop on Human Interface Technology.75-79 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 岡本 潤, 内山 清子, 石崎 俊: "オンライン連想実験システムと学習基本語彙の概念辞書化" 自然言語処理. 118-18. 111-116 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 今井 むつみ: "ことばの学習のパラドックス(認知科学モノグラフシリーズ)" 共立出版, 227 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Muehleisen, V. & Imai, M.: "Lexical and syntactic constructions and the construction of meanting." Transitivity and the Incorporation of Ground Information in Japanese path verbs, 329-346 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Murakam.T., Furukawa, K.& Ozaki T.: "Realization of Abduction by Inverse Entailment and its Equivalence to Partial Deduction" SIG-FAI. 32. 103-108

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Furukawa, K.: "On the Completion of the Most Specific Hypothesis in Inverse Entailment" SIG-FAI. 32. 153-160 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Lmai, M.: "Influence of the count-mass syntax on the construals of Superordinate Concepts" Cognition. 60. 269-298 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Imai, M.& Mazuka, R.: "A Crosslinguistic Study on the Construal of Individuation in Linguistic and Non-linguistic Contexts" Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishizaki, S.: "Semantic and Contextual Information Extraction : Using Association Experiment and Multiple Regression Analysis" Proceedings of International Workshop on Human Interface Technology. 75-79 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okanoto, J.Uchiyama, K.& Ishizaki S: "On-line association experiment system and building concept dictionary for basic vocabulary in elementary school" Natural Language processing. 118-18. 111-116 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Muehleisen, V.& Imai, M.: Transitivity and the incorporation of Ground information in Japanese path verbs. In K.Lee, E.Sweetwer & M.Verspoor (Eds.) Lexical and syntactic constructions and the construction of meaning. Amsterdam : John Benjamins., 329-346 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川、尾崎、村上他: "Query Evaluation of Deductive Databese by MGTP and its application to Data Mining" Proc.of the 5th International Workshop on Decluctive Databeses and Logic Programming. (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 村上、古川、尾崎: "アブダクションの逆伴意による実現と部分演繹法との等価性について" 人工知能学会基礎論研究会. 第32回. 103-108 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川 康一: "逆伴意における最弱仮説の完全化について" 人工知能学会基礎論研究会. 第32回. 153-160 (1998)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今井、Gentner,D.: "A crosslinguistic study on constraints on early word meanling" Cognition. 62. 169-200 (1998)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 石崎 俊: "Semantic and Contexual Information Extraction:Using Association Experiment" Proceedings of International Workshop on Human Interface Technology. 75-79 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今井むつみ: "ことばの学習のパラドックス(認知科学モノグラフ・シリーズ)" 共立出版, 227 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川康一: "帰納論理プログラミングによる暗黙知の言語化に向けて" 1996年度人工知能学会全国大会(第10回)論文集. 163-166 (1996)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川康一、植野研、南優子、樋口文人、吉田悠樹彦: "弦楽器演奏技能の解明に向けて" 日本認知科学会第14回大会. (1997)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ken Ueno,Koichi Furukawa: "Towards the understanding for string instruments" 6th IFAC Symposium on Automated Systems Based on Human Skill.(1997)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 静洋一郎,福田純子,石崎俊: "状況依存性を持つ知識モデルの構築とその応用" 情報処理学会第53回全国大会講演論文集. 2. 95-96 (1996)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 福田純子,静洋一郎,石崎俊: "知識モデル構築のための動作概念に関する連想実験" 情報処理学会第53回全国大会講演集. 2. 93-94

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Wisniewski.,Imai,M.& Casey,L.: "On the equivalence of superordinate concepts" Cognition. 60. 269-298 (1996)

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      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Imai, M. & Gentner. D.: "A crosslinguistic study on constraints on early word meaning : Linguistic influence VS. univeral ontology" Cognition. (1996)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Imai, M.: "Asymmetry in the taxonomic assumption : word learning VS. property induction" Child Language Research Forum. 27. (1996)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 内田伸子,今井むつみ: "幼児における助数詞の獲得過程-生物カテゴリーの形成と助数詞付与ルールの獲得-" 教育心理学研究. (1996)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 石崎俊,今井むつみ: "メタファーの認知プロセスとコンピュータシステム" 慶応義塾大学湘南藤沢キャンパスメタファー研究会編「意味の創造と変容」. 89-108 (1995)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Muehleisen, V & Imai, M: "Transitivity and incorporation of Ground information in Japanese Path verbs." International Cognitive Linguistics Association. (1995)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Furukawa, K.: "A Framework for Verbalizing Unconscious Knowledge based on Inductive Logic Programming." Machine Intelligence. 15. (1996)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今井むつみ: "言葉の学習と認知の発達" 共立出版, (1996)

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      1995 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 石崎俊: "自然言語処理" 昭晃堂, 171 (1995)

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      1995 Annual Research Report

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