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Tracing Morphology, Semantics, and Divergence in Language Acquisition

arXiv cs.LG ↗ · 3d ago Cached

该论文利用 Pythia 和 OLMo 等开源模型的中间检查点,系统研究了大语言模型在训练过程中形态结构、嵌入漂移、重复主导与共现效应的演化规律,发现模型在语义嵌入稳定之前就已习得形态结构,且训练数据规模有助于发散识别,而共现和重复则有负面影响。

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Modeling the Developmental Shift in Telicity Acquisition

arXiv cs.CL ↗ · 2026-09-17 Cached

This paper introduces a method using GPT-2 token surprisal to label telicity in child language, finding that child models rely on syntactic cues like post-verbal determiners, while adult models use semantic features, supporting syntactic bootstrapping theory.

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Collocational bootstrapping: A hypothesis about the learning of subject-verb agreement in humans and neural networks

arXiv cs.CL ↗ · 2026-05-21 Cached

This paper proposes collocational bootstrapping, a mechanism by which statistical word co-occurrence cues can aid the acquisition of English subject-verb agreement, supported by neural network simulations and analysis of child-directed speech.

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Language Acquisition Device in Large Language Models

arXiv cs.CL ↗ · 2026-05-19 Cached

This paper proposes LAD-inspired pre-pretraining using a formal language called MP-Struct that encodes natural-language-like structures. It shows that this approach improves token efficiency and imparts human-like resistance to structurally implausible languages, challenging prior hypotheses about effective pre-pretraining languages.

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A Scalable Tool for Measuring Manner and Result Verbs in Developmental Language Research

arXiv cs.CL ↗ · 2026-05-19 Cached

This paper presents a computational approach using large language models and RoBERTa to identify manner and result verbs in sentence context, achieving up to 89.6% accuracy. It aims to provide a scalable measurement tool for developmental language research.

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A Computational Operationalisation of Competing Maturational Theories of Syntactic Development via Statistical Grammar Induction

arXiv cs.CL ↗ · 2026-05-12 Cached

This paper presents a computational framework to test competing maturational theories of syntactic development in children, specifically comparing bottom-up versus inward accounts using statistical grammar induction.

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