Faculty Profiles - HASLETT David Andrew | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

David Andrew HASLETT

PhD in Linguistics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2024

Research Assistant Professor
Division of Social Science

(852) 3469 3128
haslett@ust.hk
Room 3371
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ORCID

0000-0001-5522-9943

ResearcherID

FBE-8213-2022

Scopus ID

57375630200

Research Interest Publications

Research Interest

Word meaning
Language evolution
Psycholinguistics
Large language models
Explainable AI

Publications

All Years 11 2025 1 2024 3 2023 3 2022 3 2021 1 2020 0

2025 1

Tokenization Changes Meaning in Large Language Models: Evidence from Chinese

Computational Linguistics, April 2025, p. 1-30
Haslett, David Andrew
Article

2024 3

Systematic mappings of sound to meaning: A theoretical review

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, v. 31, (2), April 2024, p. 627-648
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.
Article

Wayward associations: When and why people think of similar-sounding words

Journal of Memory and Language, v. 138, October 2024, article number 104537
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.
Article

Do large language models resemble humans in language use?

CMCL 2024 - 13th Edition of the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics, Proceedings of the Workshop / edited by Tatsuki Kuribayashi, Giulia Rambelli, Ece Takmaz, Philipp Wicke, Yohei Oseki. Association for Computational Linguistics, 2024, p. 37-56
Cai, Zhenguang G.; Duan, Xufeng; Haslett, David A.; Wang, Shuqi; Pickering, Martin J.
Conference paper

2023 3

Similar-Sounding Words Flesh Out Fuzzy Meanings

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, v. 152, (8), June 2023, p. 2359-2368
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.
Article

Similar-sounding associates mitigate concreteness effects

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang
Conference paper

The non-arbitrariness of the token: Systematicity in large language models

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang
Conference paper

2022 3

New neighbours make bad fences: Form-based semantic shifts in word learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, v. 29, (3), June 2022, p. 1017-1025
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.
Article

Pressure for and against non-arbitrariness: Evidence from phonesthemes

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang
Conference paper

When words impinge: Overlapping sounds and meanings in low-frequency words

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang
Conference paper

2021 1

Form-based semantic shifts: Evidence from novel word learning

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang
Conference paper

Article 1

Tokenization Changes Meaning in Large Language Models: Evidence from Chinese

Computational Linguistics, April 2025, p. 1-30
Haslett, David Andrew

Article 2

Systematic mappings of sound to meaning: A theoretical review

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, v. 31, (2), April 2024, p. 627-648
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.

Wayward associations: When and why people think of similar-sounding words

Journal of Memory and Language, v. 138, October 2024, article number 104537
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.

Conference paper 1

Do large language models resemble humans in language use?

CMCL 2024 - 13th Edition of the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics, Proceedings of the Workshop / edited by Tatsuki Kuribayashi, Giulia Rambelli, Ece Takmaz, Philipp Wicke, Yohei Oseki. Association for Computational Linguistics, 2024, p. 37-56
Cai, Zhenguang G.; Duan, Xufeng; Haslett, David A.; Wang, Shuqi; Pickering, Martin J.

Article 1

Similar-Sounding Words Flesh Out Fuzzy Meanings

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, v. 152, (8), June 2023, p. 2359-2368
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.

Conference paper 2

Similar-sounding associates mitigate concreteness effects

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang

The non-arbitrariness of the token: Systematicity in large language models

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang

Article 1

New neighbours make bad fences: Form-based semantic shifts in word learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, v. 29, (3), June 2022, p. 1017-1025
Haslett, David A.; Cai, Zhenguang G.

Conference paper 2

Pressure for and against non-arbitrariness: Evidence from phonesthemes

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang

When words impinge: Overlapping sounds and meanings in low-frequency words

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang

Conference paper 1

Form-based semantic shifts: Evidence from novel word learning

Haslett, David Andrew; Cai, Zhenguang

No Publications

Research Interest

Publications

2025 1

2024 3

2023 3

2022 3

2021 1

Article 1

Article 2

Conference paper 1

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Article 1

Conference paper 2

Conference paper 1

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

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