Foundations of CL & AI
Understanding the discipline that changed how we think about language, meaning, and mind — and why it's the key to better AI.
4 Lessons
2.5h
Beginner
1.1 — What is Cognitive Linguistics?
The foundational discipline that changed how we understand language, meaning, and mind.
Define Cognitive Linguistics and trace its intellectual origins from Lakoff, Johnson, Langacker, and Fillmore
Understand the four core tenets that distinguish CL from formal linguistics
Map the six major CL sub-fields and their direct relevance to modern AI systems
All Lessons
What is Cognitive Linguistics?
The foundational discipline that changed how we understand language, meaning, and mind.
Why CL Matters for AI
The gap between statistical language modelling and genuine understanding — and how CL helps bridge it.
Core Principles & AI Parallels
Mapping the founding commitments of Cognitive Linguistics onto the architecture of modern AI systems.
The Centaur Model
A new class of foundation model trained not on text, but on millions of human decisions — and what it means for AI as a simulator of cognition.