The best known and frequently used Slovene proverbs according to ChatGPT-4o : exploring the potential for an AI-based paremiological minimum

Meterc, Matej (author), Mrvič, Rok (author)

The article examines the type of data yielded by the publicly accessible AI model GPT-4o concerning the core of Slovene paremiology—namely, the most widely known and/or most frequently used proverbs. The proverbs identified by the model are compared with data obtained from corpus-based analyses, survey research, and established Slovene paremiographical sources. Drawing on these comparisons, this study outlines the current strengths and limitations of using this AI model in paremiological research and evaluates its potential impact on contemporary proverb studies.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Slovenian language, paremiology, generative artificial intelligence, GPT-4o (language model), applied linguistics
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 24.12.2025
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 127-143
• Numbering: Letn. 65, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-180632
• UDC: 811.163.6'373.7:004.89
• ISSN on article: 0024-3922
• DOI: 10.4312/linguistica.65.1.127-143
• COBISS.SI-ID: 264218371
• Publication date in RUL: 12.03.2026

Record is a part of a proceedings

• Title: Frazeologija v digitalni dobi
• COBISS.SI-ID: 262399235

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Linguistica
• Shortened title: Linguistica
• Publisher: Filozofska fakulteta, Filozofska fakulteta, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0024-3922
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16075264

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Najbolj poznani in pogosto uporabljeni slovenski pregovori po izboru ChatGPT-4o : raziskovanje potenciala umetne inteligence za vzpostavitev paremiološkega minimuma

Abstract

Članek razkriva, kakšne podatke nam o jedru slovenske paremiologije – najbolj po­znanih in/ali pogostih pregovorih – ponujajo odgovori prosto dostopnega modela UI, znanega kot GPT-4o. Nabori navedenih izrazov so primerjani s podatki, ki so nam o poznanosti in pogostnosti na voljo iz korpusnih in anketnih raziskav ter iz slovenskih paremiografskih virov. Na podlagi pridobljenih podatkov so izpostavljene trenutne prednosti in slabosti tovrstne uporabe imenovanega modela in njegovega vpliva na sodobno paremiološko raziskovanje.

• Keywords: slovenščina, paremiologija, generativna umetna inteligenca, GPT-4o (jezikovni model), uporabno jezikoslovje