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title = "Using a Language Model to Unravel Semantic Development in Children`s Use of a Dutch Perception Verb",
author = "van Dijk, Bram and
van Duijn, Max J. and
Kloostra, Li and
Spruit, Marco and
Beekhuizen, Barend",
editor = "Zock, Michael and
Chersoni, Emmanuele and
Hsu, Yu-Yin and
de Deyne, Simon",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of the Lexicon @ LREC-COLING 2024",
month = may,
year = "2024",
address = "Torino, Italia",
publisher = "ELRA and ICCL",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2024.cogalex-1.11/",
pages = "98--106",
abstract = "In this short paper we employ a Language Model (LM) to gain insight into how complex semantics of a Perception Verb (PV) emerge in children. Using a Dutch LM as representation of mature language use, we find that for all ages 1) the LM accurately predicts PV use in children`s freely-told narratives; 2) children`s PV use is close to mature use; 3) complex PV meanings with attentional and cognitive aspects can be found. Our approach illustrates how LMs can be meaningfully employed in studying language development, hence takes a constructive position in the debate on the relevance of LMs in this context."
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%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Using a Language Model to Unravel Semantic Development in Children‘s Use of a Dutch Perception Verb
%A van Dijk, Bram
%A van Duijn, Max J.
%A Kloostra, Li
%A Spruit, Marco
%A Beekhuizen, Barend
%Y Zock, Michael
%Y Chersoni, Emmanuele
%Y Hsu, Yu-Yin
%Y de Deyne, Simon
%S Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of the Lexicon @ LREC-COLING 2024
%D 2024
%8 May
%I ELRA and ICCL
%C Torino, Italia
%F van-dijk-etal-2024-using
%X In this short paper we employ a Language Model (LM) to gain insight into how complex semantics of a Perception Verb (PV) emerge in children. Using a Dutch LM as representation of mature language use, we find that for all ages 1) the LM accurately predicts PV use in children‘s freely-told narratives; 2) children‘s PV use is close to mature use; 3) complex PV meanings with attentional and cognitive aspects can be found. Our approach illustrates how LMs can be meaningfully employed in studying language development, hence takes a constructive position in the debate on the relevance of LMs in this context.
%U https://aclanthology.org/2024.cogalex-1.11/
%P 98-106
Markdown (Informal)
[Using a Language Model to Unravel Semantic Development in Children’s Use of a Dutch Perception Verb](https://aclanthology.org/2024.cogalex-1.11/) (van Dijk et al., CogALex 2024)
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