Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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Toward multiplex health: integrating complexity, normativity, and Open Science. [PDF]
Qadir J +3 more
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Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?
Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
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Transforming Pedagogical Practices and Teacher Identity Through Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis: A Case Study of Novice EFL Teachers in China. [PDF]
Zhou J, Li C, Cheng Y.
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Cultural semiotic resources in young children’s science drawings [PDF]
Sabela Fernández Monteira +2 more
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Nonhuman situational enmeshments—How participants build temporal infrastructures for ChatGPT
Abstract This paper investigates how participants recruit Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT as interactional co‐participants depending on their temporal enmeshment within an interactional flow. Using Charles Goodwin's co‐operative action framework, we analyze video data of human–AI interaction to trace the temporal structures established by ...
Nils Klowait, Maria Erofeeva
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Unification of Mind and Matter through Hierarchical Extension of Cognition: A New Framework for Adaptation of Living Systems. [PDF]
Nakajima T.
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Contested heritage landscapes for Arabic language learning in a postcolonial France
Abstract This article analyzes the contested and multiple meanings of “heritage” that emerge for advanced Arabic language learners in a postcolonial France. A linguistic life histories approach reveals a fraught duality of privileged access and exclusionary adversity for heritage students of Arabic.
Chantal Tetreault +2 more
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Can bioethics bray? Non-human animals, biosemiotics, and a road to shared decision-making. [PDF]
Fitzgerald MJ.
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