A co-evolutionary model of lexical meanings and composition under simplicity and accuracy pressures shows conservativity in quantifiers emerges as an efficient abstraction on the Pareto frontier.
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Transformers on impossible-language variants show gradual grammatical sensitivity loss but sharp long-sentence generation failures, supporting generative deficiency as a link to non-attestation.
Iterated learning theory predicts and LLM experiments confirm non-monotonic compositionality during self-training, reframing model collapse as cultural transmission with matching human regularization patterns.
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Compositionality and the lexicon in evolutionary semantics
A co-evolutionary model of lexical meanings and composition under simplicity and accuracy pressures shows conservativity in quantifiers emerges as an efficient abstraction on the Pareto frontier.
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When transformers learn "impossible" languages, what do they learn?
Transformers on impossible-language variants show gradual grammatical sensitivity loss but sharp long-sentence generation failures, supporting generative deficiency as a link to non-attestation.
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Model Collapse as Cultural Evolution
Iterated learning theory predicts and LLM experiments confirm non-monotonic compositionality during self-training, reframing model collapse as cultural transmission with matching human regularization patterns.