Category Archives: Opinion

Transparent Application of Text Generation Tools in Scientific Research

In this opinion piece, I share my view on the application of language models and text generation services in scientific research. In my opinion, scientific research that lives up to the promises of open science must provide full documentation of all prompts and exchanges that were used to create a given study. A mere mention that AI tools have been used in study design, writing, or coding is not enough.

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Typing Special Characters as a Key Skill for Linguists

Most linguists have to type special characters that are not available on an ordinary keyboard on a regular basis. Reflecting about the general problems involved in typing special characters, I review different solutions and argue that linguists should not only be able to type special characters on their computers, but that they should also have some basic knowledge about their technical aspects and know how to expand and customize them. In order to improve the training of young scholars, it is important to discuss special character typing more openly in linguistics, especially in the classroom and with doctoral students, sharing individual solutions openly.
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