2026/01/01 by Bastian Bunzeck, Sina Zarrieß, Stefan Hartmann +1 · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Applied linguistics #Computational linguistics #Language and cultural evolution #Linguistic description #Natural language #Quantitative linguistics #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation #Theoretical linguistics
paper · doi:10.1017/s0140525x26104646
published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences 49, e203 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/07/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Abstract Language models excel at finding patterns in linguistic data, and can therefore prove insightful for statistical approaches to linguistics in that they provide further evidence for the strong reliance of natural languages on recurrent, fixed patterns. Nevertheless, regarding actual usage-based language processing, their implications are severely limited as they lack a crucial aspect of language use: interaction .