Accession Number:

ADA000086

Title:

Conceptual Memory: A Theory and Computer Program for Processing the Meaning Content of Natural Language Utterances

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Rieger, III, Charles J.

Report Date:

1974-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

413.0

Abstract:

Humans perform vast quantities of spontaneous, subconscious computation in order to understand even the simplest language utterances. The computation is principally meaning-based. With syntax and traditional semantics playing insignificant roles. This thesis supports this conjecture by synthesis of a theory and computer program which account for many aspects of language behavior in humans. It is a theory of language and memory.

Descriptors:

• *ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• *COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• *NATURAL LANGUAGE
• COMPUTATIONS
• MEMORY DEVICES
• MULTIPLEXING
• PARALLEL PROCESSORS
• PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
• SYNTAX
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware
• Bionics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE