Connectionist natural language processing: The state of the art

Author(s): Chater, N.

Journal/Book: Cognitive Sci. 1999; 23: 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010, USA. Elsevier Science Inc. 417-437.

Abstract: This Special Issue on Connectionist Models of Human Language Processing provides an opportunity for an appraisal both of specific connectionist models and of the status and utility of connectionist models of language in general. This introduction provides the background for the papers in the Special Issue. The development of connectionist models of language is traced, from their intellectual origins, to the state of current research. Key themes that arise throughout different areas of connectionist psycholinguistics are highlighted, and recent developments in speech processing, morphology, sentence processing, language production, and reading are described. We argue that connectionist psycholinguistics has already had a significant impact on the psychology of language, and that connectionist models ore likely to have an important influence on future research.

Note: Article Christiansen MH, So Illinois Univ, Dept Psychol, Carbondale,IL 62901 USA

Keyword(s): INTERACTIVE ACTIVATION MODEL; COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE; SPEECH-PERCEPTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; LEXICAL ACCESS; COARTICULATION; COMPENSATION; CONSTRAINTS; ACQUISITION; MORPHOLOGY

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