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  schema:abstract "Jessica Talisman argues that language is the bridge between large language models, ontologies, and human action, and that labels, controlled vocabularies, and shared meaning are the practical layer that makes formal systems usable."@en ;
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  schema:quotation "Thanks, Ramona. I’ll look forward to your friend’s book!"@en ;
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  schema:quotation "Language is indeed the bridge. But a bridge to what?"@en ;
  schema:text "Sadok pushes the argument toward grounding by asking what language bridges to if meaning is not rooted in events before it stabilizes into form."@en ;
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  schema:quotation "Frame Theory ... FrameNet ... thank you"@en ;
  schema:text "The Strategic Linguist says the post helped them articulate ideas they already recognized, connecting the essay to Frame Theory and FrameNet as a practical semantic resource."@en ;
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