Akinori Abe (ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Lab., Japan)
In this paper, we first define language sense, and examine Kansei (affective feeling) wherein language has as language sense. We review a history of writing characters and analyze the usage of them from the viewpoint of language sense. From the analysis, we obtain features of language sense. From daily usage of language, we can observe artistic or entertainment aspects of language and find a hidden feature of language: language sense. Then, we discuss possibilities for achieving computational processing of language sense.