[4M2-J-9] Natural language processing, information retrieval: language and cognitive process

[4M2-J-9-03] Embodiment in Creating Murimondo: Its Implication for Artificial Intelligence

〇Go Nishimura¹, Masaki Suwa¹ (1. Keio University)

Keywords:Murimondo, Embodiment, Frame problem

Since 80’s, sub-symbolic approach in AI such as embodied intelligence and computational intelligence like neural network have made great success. In spite of rapid growth and progresses made in this approach so far, however, how embodiedness shapes intelligence, especially on symbolic region, has been unknown, and little literature has discussed that. This paper aims to obtain insights on this issue by examining cognitive processes in creating Murimondo, a traditional verbal play in Japan. We argue that embodiedness plays significant roles in several ways in Murimondo. We found that human being is able to associate words with acts in the real world and thereby discover some features as relevant to the words, to conceive of the entirety of sceneries in which people live, enabling association from “thickness of cloth” or “geographical place” to “season or whether” for example, and to discover a common structure in the metaphorical sense through comparison of seemingly unrelated things, and thereby create new meanings of words.