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New research suggests linguistic boundaries emerge from processing dynamics

A new research paper proposes that linguistic boundaries, such as sentences, emerge from the dynamic interplay of cognitive processing demands rather than being strictly predefined. The study used simulations and human listener experiments to show that these boundaries correlate with factors like unresolved dependencies, integration costs, and semantic context. Analysis of a large language model revealed similar patterns in its internal representations at sentence endings, suggesting these dynamics are fundamental to language comprehension. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Rui He, Philipp Homan, Wolfram Hinzen ·

    Linguistic boundaries emerge from pressure-constrained processing dynamics

    arXiv:2611.08085v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Human cognition organizes continuous experience into bounded units while maintaining continuity across them. Linguistic elements are also organized into bounded structural units such as words and phrases, with sentence marking the f…