Decoding Language with Ben
@benfromverba.bsky.social
I distill linguistics papers and help people learn languages using research backed methods
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NEW BLOG POST!
Declarative vs. procedural memory in language learning: What every learner & teacher should know
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Declarative vs. procedural memory in language learning: What every learner & teacher should know
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July 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
NEW BLOG POST!
Declarative vs. procedural memory in language learning: What every learner & teacher should know
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
Declarative vs. procedural memory in language learning: What every learner & teacher should know
Continue reading: matbury.com/wordpress/in...
new interview with Adele Goldberg on the constructionist approach to understanding how language works
recommended listening for all language learners (skip to 47min mark)
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recommended listening for all language learners (skip to 47min mark)
www.patreon.com/posts/121-le...
121: Learning from LLMs (with Adele Goldberg) | Because Language
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June 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
new interview with Adele Goldberg on the constructionist approach to understanding how language works
recommended listening for all language learners (skip to 47min mark)
www.patreon.com/posts/121-le...
recommended listening for all language learners (skip to 47min mark)
www.patreon.com/posts/121-le...
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Thanks for the opportunity, Because Language! 👇
We're pleased as punch to publish this episode with the incredible @adelegoldberg.bsky.social. What can we learn about human language from LLMs?
Part language tech, and part Constructionist deep dive.
We learned so much. Check it out in all the places.
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Part language tech, and part Constructionist deep dive.
We learned so much. Check it out in all the places.
www.patreon.com/posts/132671...
121: Learning from LLMs (with Adele Goldberg) | Because Language
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June 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Thanks for the opportunity, Because Language! 👇
here’s what every language learner should know about memory:
we have two main memory systems.
• declarative memory stores facts—like the capital of France, or where you parked the car.
• procedural memory stores patterns—like how to ride a bike or brush your teeth.
a thread:
we have two main memory systems.
• declarative memory stores facts—like the capital of France, or where you parked the car.
• procedural memory stores patterns—like how to ride a bike or brush your teeth.
a thread:
June 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
here’s what every language learner should know about memory:
we have two main memory systems.
• declarative memory stores facts—like the capital of France, or where you parked the car.
• procedural memory stores patterns—like how to ride a bike or brush your teeth.
a thread:
we have two main memory systems.
• declarative memory stores facts—like the capital of France, or where you parked the car.
• procedural memory stores patterns—like how to ride a bike or brush your teeth.
a thread:
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This is fascinating and intuitively resonant. 👇🏽
the problem with grammar study is that the brain does not construct sentences using textbook grammar rules—language exists in our heads as networks of associations between 'chunks', and the patterns documented in textbooks emerge from those associations
🧵 here's what I mean:
🧵 here's what I mean:
June 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is fascinating and intuitively resonant. 👇🏽
the problem with grammar study is that the brain does not construct sentences using textbook grammar rules—language exists in our heads as networks of associations between 'chunks', and the patterns documented in textbooks emerge from those associations
🧵 here's what I mean:
🧵 here's what I mean:
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
the problem with grammar study is that the brain does not construct sentences using textbook grammar rules—language exists in our heads as networks of associations between 'chunks', and the patterns documented in textbooks emerge from those associations
🧵 here's what I mean:
🧵 here's what I mean:
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the next big problem in language learning, and potentially the last problem is Algorithmically Optimised Input
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a thread:
June 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
the next big problem in language learning, and potentially the last problem is Algorithmically Optimised Input
a thread:
a thread:
the next big problem in language learning, and potentially the last problem is Algorithmically Optimised Input
a thread:
a thread:
June 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
the next big problem in language learning, and potentially the last problem is Algorithmically Optimised Input
a thread:
a thread:
@adelegoldberg.bsky.social i tried to summarise the core ideas of Construction Grammar and mentioned your work in this video
i'm not a trained linguist so i'm sure there are inaccuracies, feedback is very welcome!
youtu.be/u_qGcp3XpAs?...
i'm not a trained linguist so i'm sure there are inaccuracies, feedback is very welcome!
youtu.be/u_qGcp3XpAs?...
The Way You Think About Language is Wrong
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April 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
@adelegoldberg.bsky.social i tried to summarise the core ideas of Construction Grammar and mentioned your work in this video
i'm not a trained linguist so i'm sure there are inaccuracies, feedback is very welcome!
youtu.be/u_qGcp3XpAs?...
i'm not a trained linguist so i'm sure there are inaccuracies, feedback is very welcome!
youtu.be/u_qGcp3XpAs?...
thank you to whoever was my first subscriber was!
April 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
thank you to whoever was my first subscriber was!
in the 50yrs since Krashen's research on lang. acquisition, a lot has happened in the field of linguistics
in my first youtube video, i talk about a new theory of how language is represented in the brain, and why we now know how comprehensible input works.
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in my first youtube video, i talk about a new theory of how language is represented in the brain, and why we now know how comprehensible input works.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
in the 50yrs since Krashen's research on lang. acquisition, a lot has happened in the field of linguistics
in my first youtube video, i talk about a new theory of how language is represented in the brain, and why we now know how comprehensible input works.
link in replies:
in my first youtube video, i talk about a new theory of how language is represented in the brain, and why we now know how comprehensible input works.
link in replies: