Copilots for Linguists: AI, Constructions, and Frames

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Tiago Timponi Torrent (Federal University of Juiz de Fora) Thomas Hoffmann (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt / Hunan Normal University)

Copilots for Linguists

AI, Constructions, and Frames

Tiago Timponi Torrent (Federal University of Juiz de Fora), Thomas Hoffmann (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt / Hunan Normal University), Arthur Lorenzi Almeida (Federal University of Juiz de Fora) , Mark Turner (Case Western Reserve University)

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Cambridge University Press
01 February 2024

Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Grammar, syntax; Artificial intelligence

Series: Elements in Construction Grammar

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AI can assist the linguist in doing research on the structure of language. This Element illustrates this possibility by showing how a conversational AI based on a Large Language Model (AI LLM chatbot) can assist the Construction Grammarian, and especially the Frame Semanticist. An AI LLM chatbot is a text-generation system trained on vast amounts of text. To generate text, it must be able to find patterns in the data and mimic some linguistic capacity, at least in the eyes of a cooperative human user. The authors do not focus on whether AIs “understand” language. Rather, they investigate whether AI LLM chatbots are useful tools for linguists. They reframe the discussion from what AI LLM chatbots can do with language to what they can do for linguists. They find that a chatty LLM can labor usefully as an eliciting interlocutor, and present precise, scripted routines for prompting conversational LLMs.

By: Tiago Timponi Torrent (Federal University of Juiz de Fora), Thomas Hoffmann (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt / Hunan Normal University), Arthur Lorenzi Almeida (Federal University of Juiz de Fora), Mark Turner (Case Western Reserve University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781009475907
ISBN 10: 1009475908
Series: Elements in Construction Grammar
Pages: 122
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active