Meaning in the Making: Saussure, Narratives, and Large Language Models

A reflection on how Saussurean structuralism helps us to see what large language models are doing when they generate fluent text, and where their sign-to-sign mastery falls short of grounded, accountable human meaning.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-02-21
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18725677
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Hume's philosophy and hair distribution
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Meaning in the Making: Saussure, Narratives, and Large Language Models

Sepehr Haghighi
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Hume's philosophy and hair distribution
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Meaning in the Making: Saussure, Narratives, and Large Language Models

Sepehr Haghighi
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A reflection on how Saussurean structuralism helps us to see what large language models are doing when they generate fluent text, and where their sign-to-sign mastery falls short of grounded, accountable human meaning.

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Vinje Kommune (NO)
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