Computational experiments show verb learning benefits in child-directed language likely stem from spoken register properties rather than unique optimization for children.
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Causal interventions reveal that coordination islands block filler-gap mechanisms in Transformers in a gradient way matching humans, yielding the hypothesis that 'and' encodes relational dependencies differently in extractable vs. conjunctive uses.
A framework using language models to simulate non-existent experiments and derive novel testable hypotheses on dative verb acquisition and cross-structural generalization in children.
Insertional code-switching in Chinese-English text and speech is not purely speaker-driven, since secondary-language productions are less predictable than primary-language alternatives.
Different types of syntactic agreement recruit overlapping units within LLMs, indicating that agreement forms a meaningful functional category across English, Russian, Chinese, and structurally similar languages.
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Computational experiments show verb learning benefits in child-directed language likely stem from spoken register properties rather than unique optimization for children.
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Causal Drawbridges: Characterizing Gradient Blocking of Syntactic Islands in Transformer LMs
Causal interventions reveal that coordination islands block filler-gap mechanisms in Transformers in a gradient way matching humans, yielding the hypothesis that 'and' encodes relational dependencies differently in extractable vs. conjunctive uses.
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A systematic framework for generating novel experimental hypotheses from language models
A framework using language models to simulate non-existent experiments and derive novel testable hypotheses on dative verb acquisition and cross-structural generalization in children.
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Code-switching in text and speech challenges information-theoretic speaker design
Insertional code-switching in Chinese-English text and speech is not purely speaker-driven, since secondary-language productions are less predictable than primary-language alternatives.
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Different types of syntactic agreement recruit the same units within large language models
Different types of syntactic agreement recruit overlapping units within LLMs, indicating that agreement forms a meaningful functional category across English, Russian, Chinese, and structurally similar languages.