Natural Language Understanding: Methodological Conceptualization

Psycholinguistics, 25(1), 431-443, 2019. DOI: 10.31470/2309-1797-2019-25-1-431-443

13 Pages Posted: 2 May 2019

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Vitalii Shymko

Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav

Date Written: April 18, 2019

Abstract

This article contains the results of a theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of natural language understanding (NLU), as a methodological problem. The combination of structural-ontological and informational-psychological approaches provided an opportunity to describe the subject matter field of NLU, as a composite function of the mind, which systemically combines the verbal and discursive structural layers. In particular, the idea of NLU is presented, on the one hand, as the relation between the discourse of a specific speech message and the meta-discourse of a language, in turn, activated by the need-motivational factors. On the other hand, it is conceptualized as a process with a specific structure of information metabolism, the study of which implies the necessity to differentiate the affective (emotional) and need-motivational influences on the NLU, as well as to take into account their interaction. At the same time, the hypothesis about the influence of needs on NLU under the scenario similar to the pattern of Yerkes-Dodson is argued. And the theoretical conclusion that emotions fulfill the function of the operator of the structural features of the information metabolism of NLU is substantiated. Thus, depending on the modality of emotions in the process of NLU, it was proposed to distinguish two scenarios for the implementation of information metabolism - reduction and synthetic. The argument in favor of the conclusion about the productive and constitutive role of emotions in the process of NLU is also given.

Keywords: computational psycholinguistics, natural language understanding, structural ontology, information metabolism, language consciousness, verbal intelligence, artificial intelligence, mind

Suggested Citation

Shymko, Vitalii, Natural Language Understanding: Methodological Conceptualization (April 18, 2019). Psycholinguistics, 25(1), 431-443, 2019. DOI: 10.31470/2309-1797-2019-25-1-431-443, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3379716

Vitalii Shymko (Contact Author)

Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav ( email )

Ukraine

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