Dual Deep-Structure to Associate a Shape with its Linguistic Description:

A Hypothetical Framework and an Experimental Implementation

Abstract

This paper discusses how formal language representation brings about some burdens in design support system after giving the outline of formal representation in design. Then, this paper proposes, without formal representation, a framework to represent the relation between shapes and natural language expression about the shapes, though the framework is not completed since it is a part of an on going project. Finally, an experimental implementation, which uses a connectionism model, of the proposed framework and the behavior of the implemented system are described.