From dogwhistles to bullhorns: Unveiling coded rhetoric with language models
Dogwhistles are coded expressions that simultaneously convey one meaning to a broad
audience and a second one, often hateful or provocative, to a narrow in-group; they are …
audience and a second one, often hateful or provocative, to a narrow in-group; they are …
Political dogwhistles and community divergence in semantic change
We test whether the development of political dogwhistles can be observed using language
change measures; specifically, does the development of a “hidden” message in a …
change measures; specifically, does the development of a “hidden” message in a …
Silent Signals, Loud Impact: LLMs for Word-Sense Disambiguation of Coded Dog Whistles
A dog whistle is a form of coded communication that carries a secondary meaning to specific
audiences and is often weaponized for racial and socioeconomic discrimination. Dog …
audiences and is often weaponized for racial and socioeconomic discrimination. Dog …
[PDF][PDF] Can political dogwhistles be predicted by distributional methods for analysis of lexical semantic change?
We show that meaning shifts in political dogwhistle expressions (DWEs) are explained by
the expressions changing with regard to their “hidden”(in-group) and “public”(out-group) …
the expressions changing with regard to their “hidden”(in-group) and “public”(out-group) …
Modeling Semantic Change through Large Language Models
F Periti - 2024 - tesidottorato.depositolegale.it
This PhD thesis focuses on computational modeling of semantic change through large
language models. It investigates the modeling of lexical semantic change, where words …
language models. It investigates the modeling of lexical semantic change, where words …