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most citedA Computational Framework for Slang Generation

10 citations · 12 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.CL2026

From Utterances to Networks: Modelling Slang Adoption and Diffusion Across Subreddits

Xiaoning Wang, Ted Underwood, Zhewei Sun

Adoption and diffusion of neologisms in online communities have received renewed attention in recent years. As internet slang terms such as APT, referring to a K-pop song, and phra…

cs.LG2026

Measuring, Localizing, and Reducing the AI-Like Writing Style of Post-Trained LLMs

Aniket Anand, Janvijay Singh, Zhewei Sun +2

Post-trained language models often exhibit a recognizable AI-like writing style, yet its connection to post-training and internal representations remains poorly understood. In this…

cs.CL2025

How do Language Models Generate Slang: A Systematic Comparison between Human and Machine-Generated Slang Usages

Siyang Wu, Zhewei Sun

Slang is a commonly used type of informal language that poses a daunting challenge to NLP systems. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs), however, have made the problem m…

cs.CL2024★ 1 cited

Toward Informal Language Processing: Knowledge of Slang in Large Language Models

Zhewei Sun, Qian Hu, Rahul Gupta +2

Recent advancement in large language models (LLMs) has offered a strong potential for natural language systems to process informal language. A representative form of informal langu…

cs.CL2022

Tracing Semantic Variation in Slang

Zhewei Sun, Yang Xu

The meaning of a slang term can vary in different communities. However, slang semantic variation is not well understood and under-explored in the natural language processing of sla…

cs.CL2022★ 1 cited

Semantically Informed Slang Interpretation

Zhewei Sun, Richard Zemel, Yang Xu

Slang is a predominant form of informal language making flexible and extended use of words that is notoriously hard for natural language processing systems to interpret. Existing a…

cs.CL2021★ 10 cited

A Computational Framework for Slang Generation

Zhewei Sun, Richard Zemel, Yang Xu

Slang is a common type of informal language, but its flexible nature and paucity of data resources present challenges for existing natural language systems. We take an initial step…