Language acquisition in vector space

Abstract Language models are mathematical functions and, as such, induce vector spaces in which input is embedded. Comparing the point clouds of concept vectors across such language models and similar computer vision models, we see surprising similarities. This sheds new light on the Innateness Debate. Much linguistic structure can be induced from extra-linguistic data. Language models are generally thought to be too sample-inefficient to be good models of language acquisition, but what about language models initialized by computer vision models?

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Intercultural Pragmatics
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2025-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2025-2001
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Machine Learning and Algorithms
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Language acquisition in vector space

Anders Søgaard
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Language acquisition in vector space

Anders Søgaard
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Abstract

Abstract Language models are mathematical functions and, as such, induce vector spaces in which input is embedded. Comparing the point clouds of concept vectors across such language models and similar computer vision models, we see surprising similarities. This sheds new light on the Innateness Debate. Much linguistic structure can be induced from extra-linguistic data. Language models are generally thought to be too sample-inefficient to be good models of language acquisition, but what about language models initialized by computer vision models?

Intercultural PragmaticsVol. 22(2)
University of Copenhagen (DK)
Openalex Percentile: Top 9%
Machine Learning and Algorithms
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