论文标题
纤维化语言学（Fiblang）：语言获取
Fibrational Linguistics (FibLang): Language Acquisition
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论文摘要
在这项工作中，我们展示了与语言与含义之间相互作用的类别理论框架Fiblang如何用于描述词汇获取，这是说话者获取新词汇（通过经验或互动）的过程。 我们对两种不同类型的词汇获取进行建模，我们称其为“例子”和“通过副本”。前者通过向证人表现出代表这个词的证人来捕捉到获得单词的含义的想法，就像“了解猫是什么，看着猫”。后者通过听取其他人已经知道的其他人来倾听其他说话的说话来捕捉获得意义的想法。 我们为基于自由叶状体的构建提供了一种词汇获取的类别理论模型。我们在工作与维特根斯坦（Wittgenstein）对语言的动态方法（通常称为“语言游戏”）之间取得了相似之处。
In this work we show how FibLang, a category-theoretic framework concerned with the interplay between language and meaning, can be used to describe vocabulary acquisition, that is the process with which a speaker acquires new vocabulary (through experience or interaction). We model two different kinds of vocabulary acquisition, which we call 'by example' and 'by paraphrasis'. The former captures the idea of acquiring the meaning of a word by being shown a witness representing that word, as in 'understanding what a cat is, by looking at a cat'. The latter captures the idea of acquiring meaning by listening to some other speaker rephrasing the word with others already known to the learner. We provide a category-theoretic model for vocabulary acquisition by paraphrasis based on the construction of free promonads. We draw parallels between our work and Wittgenstein's dynamical approach to language, commonly known as 'language games'.
