Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics
*Large Language Models for Linguistic Analysis: Powerful Tools or
Overhyped?*
Iris Ferrazzo, Bonn Centre for Digital Humanities
Large language models (LLMs) have become part of everyday life, and we
increasingly rely on their seemingly exceptional performance. But are
they truly this powerful when it comes to concrete applications such as
linguistic analysis? This talk explores the capabilities and limitations
of LLMs in the context of empirical linguistic research. Beginning with
an overview of their architecture and underlying principles, the
discussion will examine both the strengths of LLMs, such as their
performance in language understanding and generation tasks, and their
shortcomings, including bias, opacity, and hallucination. The second
part of the talk investigates how LLMs perform on concrete linguistic
tasks, providing a critical assessment of their performance in
real-world analysis.
Friday, May 9, 2.15 - 3.45 pm, CEST
Register here:
https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/sKFooDgRRqm0_PLtU-fYvg
Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs | Head of Department and Professor of English
Linguistics | Department of English, American and Celtic Studies |
University of Bonn | Rabinstr. 8 53113 Bonn, Germany |
https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RFuchs |
https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/people/chair/prof-dr-robert-fuchs |
https://sites.google.com/view/rflinguistics/
*Recent publications:*
Fuchs, R. et al. (to appear). *Non-standard morphosyntactic variation in
L2 English varieties world-wide: A corpus-based study
<https://www.academia.edu/129153158/Fuchs_etal25_Non_standard_morphosyntactic_variation_in_L2_English_varieties_world_wide>*.
Lingua.
Fuchs, R., Wiltshire, C. & Sarmah, P. (to appear). *The role of English
in the linguistic ecology of Northeast India
<https://www.academia.edu/125365118/The_role_of_English_in_the_linguistic_ecology_of_Northeast_India>*.
In P. Siemund, et al. (Eds.), /World Englishes in their Local
Multilingual Ecologies/. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Fuchs, R. (to appear). *Influencing people around the globe - The
linguistic expression of persuasion across varieties of English
worldwide*
<https://www.academia.edu/107491904/Influencing_people_around_the_globe_The_linguistic_expression_of_persuasion_across_varieties_of_English_worldwide_In_Dayter_Daria_and_Sofia>.
In D. Dayter, & S. Rüdiger (Eds.), /Manipulation, Influence, and
Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language/. Cambridge: CUP.
Lange, C., & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *English in India*. In R. Hickey &
K. Burridge (Eds.), /New Cambridge History of the English Language/.
Cambridge: CUP.
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