Roland Mühlenbernd
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Calibration metrics for LLM evaluation on social meaning tasks
Mühlenbernd, R. (2026) · accepted at CMCL 2026 · ESR & CDS metrics · GPT / Claude / Gemini
Benchmarking LLMs against human pragmatic judgments
follow-up study in preparation · targeting ACL / EMNLP
2026
1 publication
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
Social Meaning in Large Language Models: Structure, Magnitude, and Pragmatic Prompting
Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2026)
· LREC 2026, Palma, Mallorca
preprint
social meaning
LLM
pragmatics
2025
3 publications
Journal
Popa-Wyatt, M.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Wyatt, J. & O'Connor, C.
Fairness and signalling in bargaining games
Economics & Philosophy
· online first
source
game theory
pragmatics
Book Chapter
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Baumann, A.
Population-level models of evolutionary pragmatics
In: Geurts & Moore (eds.),
Evolutionary Pragmatics
, Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language 21. Oxford University Press
· pp. 196–225
source
language dynamics
pragmatics
Proceedings
Solt, S.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Burbelko, M.
Social meaning and pragmatic reasoning: The case of (im)precision
Proceedings of ELM 3
· pp. 371–382
source
pragmatics
social meaning
2024
2 publications
Book Chapter
Mühlenbernd, R.
How to use evolutionary game theory to study evolutionary aspects of grammar
In: Enke et al. (eds.),
Language Change for the Worse
. Language Science Press
source
game theory
language dynamics
Proceedings
Baumann, A., Matzinger, T.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Wacewicz, S. et al.
The role of linguistically encoded emotional characteristics for cooperativeness in a one-shot prisoner's dilemma
Proceedings of EVOLANG XV
· pp. 20–27
source
language dynamics
game theory
2022
5 publications
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Solt, S.
Modeling (im)precision in context
Linguistics Vanguard
· 8(1), 113–127
source
pragmatics
NLP modeling
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Baumann, A.
Modeling the origins of communication: Alignment of interests and social cues thereof
Proceedings of JCoLE
· pp. 528–535
source
language dynamics
pragmatics
Proceedings
Baumann, A. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
Less of the same: Modeling horror aequi and extravagance as mechanisms of negative frequency dependence in linguistic diversification
Proceedings of JCoLE
· pp. 50–57
source
language dynamics
Journal
LiCalzi, M. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
Feature-weighted categorized play across symmetric games
Experimental Economics
· 25, 1052–1078
source
game theory
RL
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Wacewicz, S. & Żywiczyński, P.
The evolution of ambiguity in sender-receiver signaling games
Games
· 13(2), 20
source
language dynamics
signaling
2021
2 publications
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Wacewicz, S. & Żywiczyński, P.
Politeness and reputation in cultural evolution
Linguistics & Philosophy
· 44, 1181–1213
source
pragmatics
language dynamics
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
Evolutionary stability of ambiguity in context signaling games
Synthese
· 198(12), 11725–11753
source
signaling
language dynamics
2020
2 publications
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Wacewicz, S. & Żywiczyński, P.
A cultural-evolutionary model of politeness strategies and reputation
Proceedings of Evolang XIII
· pp. 305–307
source
pragmatics
language dynamics
Journal
Dellert, J., Daneyko, T., Münch, A., …,
Mühlenbernd, R.
, et al.
NorthEuraLex: a wide-coverage lexical database of Northern Eurasia
Language Resources and Evaluation
· 54, 273–301
source
NLP
language resources
2019
2 publications
Journal
LiCalzi, M. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
Categorization and cooperation across games
Games
· 10(1), article 5
source
game theory
RL
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
The change of signaling conventions in social networks
AI & Society
· 34, 721–734
source
preprint
AI
language dynamics
2018
2 publications
Journal
Lorini, E. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
The long-term benefits of following fairness norms under dynamics of learning and evolution
Fundamenta Informaticae
· 158(1–3), 121–148
source
preprint
game theory
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Żywiczyński, P. & Wacewicz, S.
Evolutionary stability of linguistic politeness and the Politeness Equilibrium Principle
Proceedings of Evolang XII
· Article 177
source
pragmatics
language dynamics
2017
3 publications
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Enke, D.
The grammaticalization cycle of the progressive — A game-theoretic analysis
Morphology
· 27(4), 497–526
source
preprint
game theory
language dynamics
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Rama, T.
What phoneme networks tell us about the age of language families
Journal of Language Evolution
· 2(1), 67–76
source
NLP
language dynamics
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Quinley, J.
Language change and network games
Language and Linguistics Compass
· 11(2), e12235
source
preprint
language dynamics
networks
2016
4 publications
Journal
Lorini, E., Perrussel, L. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
Special issue: Information dynamics in artificial societies
Journal of Logic, Language and Information
· 25(3), 269–271
source
AI
Proceedings
Enke, D.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Yanovich, I.
The emergence of the progressive to imperfective diachronic cycle in reinforcement-learning agents
Proceedings of Evolang XI
· Article 191
source
language dynamics
RL
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Wahle, J.
Self-organization in sound systems: a model of sound strings processing agents
Proceedings of Evolang XI
· Article 42
source
language dynamics
Book Chapter
Enke, D.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Nick, J.D., Gavrilov, N. & Villing, M.
Emergenz menschlicher Sprache: Simulation von Evolution
In: Weidtmann (ed.),
Sprache und Kognition
. LIT Verlag
· pp. 61–110
source
language dynamics
2015
1 publication
Proceedings
Lorini, E. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
The long-term benefits of following fairness norms: A game-theoretic analysis
PRIMA 2015, Lecture Notes in AI 9387. Springer
· pp. 301–318
source
preprint
game theory
2014
5 publications
Book Chapter
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Nick, J.D.
Language change and the force of innovation
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8607. Springer
· pp. 194–213
source
preprint
language dynamics
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Enke, D., Villing, M. et al.
Modality switch in human language evolution
Proceedings of Evolang X
· pp. 161–168
preprint
language dynamics
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
Convention and innovation in social networks
Proceedings of ECSI-2014, CEUR WP 1283
· pp. 317–328
source
AI
language dynamics
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Franke, M.
Meaning, evolution and the structure of society
Proceedings of ECSI-2014, CEUR WP 1283
· pp. 28–39
source
AI
game theory
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Schulz, S.
The game of life, decision and communication
Natural Science
· 6(13), 1093–1102
source
game theory
2013
2 publications
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Quinley, J.
Signaling and simulations in sociolinguistics
U. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics
· 19(1), Article 16
source
pragmatics
language dynamics
Thesis
Mühlenbernd, R.
Signals and the Structure of Societies
PhD Thesis, University of Tübingen
source
signaling
language dynamics
2012
4 publications
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
, Nick, J.D. & Adam, C.
The force of innovation: Emergence and extinction of messages in signaling games
Proceedings of ESSLLI 2012 Student Session
· pp. 102–113
source
language dynamics
signaling
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Franke, M.
Simulating the emergence of conventions in small-world networks
Proceedings of BRIMS 2012
· pp. 37–42
preprint
language dynamics
networks
Proceedings
Quinley, J. &
Mühlenbernd, R.
Conquest, contact, and convention: Simulating the Norman invasion's impact on linguistic usage
Proceedings of BRIMS 2012
· pp. 110–115
preprint
language dynamics
Proceedings
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Franke, M.
Signaling conventions: Who learns what where and when in a social network?
Proceedings of Evolang IX
· pp. 242–249
preprint
language dynamics
signaling
2011
1 publication
Journal
Mühlenbernd, R.
Learning with neighbours: Emergence of convention in a society of learning agents
Synthese
· 183(S1), 87–109
source
preprint
AI
language dynamics
Earlier
2 publications
Journal
Danne, K.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Platzner, M.
Server-based execution of periodic tasks on dynamically reconfigurable hardware
IET Computers & Digital Techniques
· 1(4), 295–302 · 2007
source
computer science
Proceedings
Danne, K.,
Mühlenbernd, R.
& Platzner, M.
Executing hardware tasks on dynamically reconfigurable devices under real-time conditions
Proceedings of FPL 2006
· pp. 1–6
source
computer science