Do Language Models’ Words Refer?

Do Language Models’ Words Refer?

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Main Authors:	Matthew Mandelkern, Tal Linzen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The MIT Press 2024-09-01
Series:	Computational Linguistics
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/coli_a_00522
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