?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Behavior-Based+Early+Language+Development+on+a+Humanoid+Robot&rft.creator=Varshavskaya%2C+Paulina&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Speech&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=We+are+exploring+the+idea+that+early+language+acquisition+could+be+better+modelled+on+an+artifcial+creature+by+considering+the+pragmatic+aspect+of+natural+language+and+of+its+development+in+human+infants.+We+have+implemented+a+system+of+vocal+behaviors+on+Kismet+in+which+%22words%22+or+concepts+are+behaviors+in+a+competitive+hierarchy.+This+paper+reports+on+the+framework%2C+the+vocal+system's+architecture+and+algorithms%2C+and+some+preliminary+results+from+vocal+label+learning+and+concept+formation.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.contributor=Marom%2C+Yuval&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2528%2F1%2FVarshavskaya.pdf&rft.identifier=++Varshavskaya%2C+Paulina++(2002)+Behavior-Based+Early+Language+Development+on+a+Humanoid+Robot.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2528%2F