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Referring as a collaborative processHerbert H. Clark, Deanna Wilkes-Gibbs
1986
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 3/12/2024
A classic paper on reference production and adaptation in interaction!
Toward a mechanistic psychology of dialogueMartin J. Pickering, Simon Garrod
2004
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 2/27/2024
This paper has it all: a goldmine of references to practical phenomena in language-based interaction, a cool theory, and broad implications of the theory. (In reading this paper, "mechanistic" and "alignment" should not prime the modern "concepts" with these names :)
Developmental changes in exploration resemble stochastic optimizationAnna P. Giron, Simon Ciranka, Eric Schulz, Wouter van den Bos, Azzurra Ruggeri, Björn Meder, Charley M. Wu
2023
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 2/20/2024
A lot of interesting things in this non-language paper, especially the analysis. We don't distribute entropy randomly! Plus, building a model of a learning (not learned) machine from "childhood" onwards seems incredibly challenging if not impossible!
Acting as inverse inverse planningKartik Chandra, Tzu Mao Li, Joshua Tenenbaum, Jonathan Ragan Kelley
2023
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 2/6/2024
How can we plan actions to be communicative? We reason about our audience and act "suboptimally" to convey additional intent beyond what's obvious in some task setting, like Gricean maxims for action. I found this paper super interesting and fun and clear to read.
Language is a complex adaptive systemClay Beckner, Richard Blythe, Joan Bybee, Morten Christiansen, William Croft, Nick Ellis, John Holland, Jinyun Ke, Diane Larsen Freeman, Tom Schoenemann
2008
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 1/30/2024
I think this should be required reading for anyone who wants to work on language problems! It's a pretty high-level overview, but I love the perspective it asks the reader to engage with.
Is novelty predictable?Clara Fannjiang, Jennifer Listgarten
2023
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 1/16/2024
This paper discusses inherent limitations of various approaches to identifying protein sequences with novel properties. Though much of this was unfamiliar to me, it was fun to think about how this applies to language (and I think language is more like proteins than we think!)
Is human cognition adaptive?John R. Anderson
1991
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 12/19/2023
This paper argues that all human behavior is rational, and it is the responsibility of the researcher / observer to identify the factors that influence observed behavior, rather than discounting unexpected behavior as "irrational".
Interactive repair and the foundations of languageMark Dingemanse, N. J. Enfield
2023
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Alane Suhr recommended on on 12/5/2023
This paper discusses the process of interactive repair, where language users coordinate with one another to resolve uncertainties and misunderstandings in conversation. This paper inspired a lot of awe in the flexibility, robustness, and interactional aspects of language use!
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