Category: Linguistics

Neurocognitive Linguistics Laboratory v1.0.3 Released

I have made a new release (v1.0.3) of the Neurocognitive Linguistics Laboratory software.

The program is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux at:
http://bitbucket.org/kulibali/neurocogling/downloads

PLEASE NOTE: if you used the v1.0.2 Windows installer to install v1.0.2, please uninstall it before installing v1.0.3.

This update contains a few bug fixes and some internal improvements:

  • Link rendering is more friendly and efficient.
  • Plugins can now be loaded on OS X.
  • Bug fix: fixed crash when loading files containing self-links.
  • Bug fix: fixed crash when creating new items after multiple items were selected.

Please see the changelog for further details:
http://bitbucket.org/kulibali/neurocogling/wiki/Changelog

The Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab (“NeuroLab” for short) is a program that allows you to experiment with the relational networks of Sydney Lamb’s neurocognitive linguistics model using a convenient GUI, and record the results of your experiments in tabular form.

La Fundamenta Krestomatio

Memori vortojn kaj gramatikajn leĝojn estas la plej malgranda parto da lingva lernado.

Estas ĉiam multaj manieroj esprimi tiun, kiun oni volas diri. Sed kutime estas plej populara vojo paroli, kies uzo distingas inter flua kaj malflua uzantaj.

Do kial neniam ajn rekomendiĝis la Fundamenta Krestomatio al mi? Estas granda ekzemplaro de stilo kaj kutimoj de Esperanta uzado.

Ĝies stilo estas kompreneble klasika, sed ĝi estas solida bazo sur kio kreskigi onies esperantan sperton.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab

In the copious free time I’ve had since my daughter was born a year ago (hi Emily!), I have been reading Sydney Lamb‘s work on what he calls Neurocognitive Linguistics. He started out in the 60’s with a relational network model of language that was quite different from the highly symbolic models others were using. Mostly ignored since then, the model turns out to reflect to a surprisingly high degree what the brain actually does when it processes language. It is starting to see a resurgence, particularly in the field of computational linguistics.

I have written the beginnings of a program to experiment with the model. The Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab allows you to graphically create relational networks and then simulate them in time to see how the neural activation and inhibition travels through the network. It has a handy data collection feature that allows you to save the data from your simulations in CSV format for further analysis.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab

Source and binaries are available at the project website, under the terms of the BSD License.

The program is written in C++ using the cross-platform Qt framework. It has a convenient plugin system for implementing new kinds of network entities. It simulates the neural net by means of an asynchronous automata network, which uses Qt’s parallel processing facilities to automatically make use of multiple cores.

Lingvoj Konstruataj

Ä´us aperis ĉe la New York Times artikolo pri konstruataj lingvoj enhave multajn demandon de legintoj, kiujn alrespondis Arika Okrent, aÅ­toro de la mirinda In the Land of Invented Languages, kaj Paul Frommer, verkisto de la lingvo Na’vi por la filmo Avatar.

Verŝajne kreskas granda grupo studante la Na’vi post la ekapero de la filmo. Ekzistas pluraj retejoj, kie oni povas ĝin eklerni.

Tute krome, kial mi ofte ricevas ruslingvajn spamajn komentojn ĉi tie?