Simulating bilingual reading with language models: Effects of word frequency on cognate and interlingual homograph processing

Iza Škrjanec, Irene Elisabeth Winther, Vera Demberg, Stefan L. Frank

Published: 03 Oct 2025, Last Modified: 03 Oct 2025CPL 2025 TalkEveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY 4.0
Keywords: bilingualism, language models, surprisal, cognates, interlingual homographs
TL;DR: We train bilingual language models to simulate bilingual processing of cognates and interlingual homographs, specifically (non)selective processing and find inhibition effects for both as well as language-specific frequency effects.
Submission Number: 28