Usage-based constructionist approaches and Large Language Models
Publication Year
2024
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The constructionist framework is more relevant than ever, due to efforts by a broad range of researchers across the globe, a steady increase in the use of corpus and experimental methods among linguists, consistent findings from laboratory phonology and sociolinguistics, and striking advances in transformer- based large language models. These advances promise exciting developments and a great deal more clarity over the next decade. The constructionist approach rests on two interrelated but distinguishable tenets: a recognition that constructions pair form with function at varying levels of specificity and abstraction, and the recognition that our knowledge and use of language are dynamic and usage based.
Journal
Constructions and Frames
URL
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Topic
Computational linguistics