This paper offers a review of research on demonstratives from an interdisciplinary
perspective. In particular, we consider the role of demonstratives in current research on …

How does social cognition help us communicate through language? At what levels does this
interaction occur? In classical views, social cognition is independent of language, and …

This article offers a survey of computational research on referring expression generation
(REG). It introduces the REG problem and describes early work in this area, discussing what …

The idea that spatial cognition provides the foundation of linguistic meanings, even highly
abstract meanings, has been put forward by a number of linguists in recent years. This book …

An argument that computational models can shed light on referring, a fundamental and
much-studied aspect of communication. To communicate, speakers need to make it clear …

Abstract Language allows us to efficiently communicate about the things in the world around
us. Seemingly simple words like this and that are a cornerstone of our capability to refer, as …

Spatial demonstratives–terms including this and that–are among the most common words
across all languages. Yet, there are considerable differences between languages in how …

This book is an in-depth look at demonstratives in 15, nearly all unrelated, languages (see
Table 1.1 below). Demonstratives are, of course, the little words (or morphemes) like this …

Online crowdfunding has become an important venue for innovating entrepreneurs,
enabling them to bypass traditional funding sources and directly pitch to the masses. And …

This study explores the connection between language and social cognition by empirically
testing different typological analyses of various demonstrative systems. Linguistic typology …