#426 – Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(10:53) – Human language<br />
(14:59) – Generalizations in language<br />
(20:46) – Dependency grammar<br />
(30:45) – Morphology<br />
(39:20) – Evolution of languages<br />
(42:40) – Noam Chomsky<br />
(1:26:46) – Thinking and language<br />
(1:40:16) – LLMs<br />
(1:53:14) – Center embedding<br />
(2:19:42) – Learning a new language<br />
(2:23:34) – Nature vs nurture<br />
(2:30:10) – Culture and language<br />
(2:44:38) – Universal language<br />
(2:49:01) – Language translation<br />
(2:52:16) – Animal communication</p>