"3331","Information Theory and Representation in Associative Word Learning","A significant portion of early language learning can be viewed as an associative learning problem. We investigate the use of associative language learning based on the principle that words convey Shannon information about the environment. We discuss the shortcomings in representation used by previous associative word learners and propose a functional representation that not only denotes environmental categories, but serves as the basis for activities and interaction with the environment. We present experimental results with an autonomous agent acquiring language.","http://cogprints.org/3331/","Burns, Brendan and Sutton, Charles and Morrison, Clayton and Cohen, Paul","Prince, Christopher G. and Berthouze, Luc and Kozima, Hideki and Bullock, Daniel and Stojanov, Georgi and Balkenius, Christian","       <span class=\"person_name\">Burns, Brendan</span> and <span class=\"person_name\">Sutton, Charles</span> and <span class=\"person_name\">Morrison, Clayton</span> and <span class=\"person_name\">Cohen, Paul</span>     (2003)  <a href=\"http://cogprints.org/3331/\"><em>Information Theory and Representation in Associative Word Learning.</em></a>       [Conference Paper]           ","","2003"