A report on the 2020 VUA and TOEFL metaphor detection shared task
CW Leong, BB Klebanov, C Hamill… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - aclanthology.org
In this paper, we report on the shared task on metaphor identification on VU Amsterdam
Metaphor Corpus and on a subset of the TOEFL Native Language Identification Corpus. The …
Metaphor Corpus and on a subset of the TOEFL Native Language Identification Corpus. The …
CATE: A contrastive pre-trained model for metaphor detection with semi-supervised learning
Metaphors are ubiquitous in natural language, and detecting them requires contextual
reasoning about whether a semantic incongruence actually exists. Most existing work …
reasoning about whether a semantic incongruence actually exists. Most existing work …
Perceptional and actional enrichment for metaphor detection with sensorimotor norms
Understanding the nature of meaning and its extensions (with metaphor as one typical kind)
has been one core issue in figurative language study since Aristotle's time. This research …
has been one core issue in figurative language study since Aristotle's time. This research …
Grhoot: Ontology of rhetorical figures in german
Abstract GRhOOT, the German RhetOrical OnTology, is a domain ontology of 110 rhetorical
figures in the German language. The overall goal of building an ontology of rhetorical figures …
figures in the German language. The overall goal of building an ontology of rhetorical figures …
Metaphor research in the 21st century: A bibliographic analysis
Metaphor is widely used in human communication. The cohort of scholars studying
metaphor in various fields is continuously growing, but very few work has been done in …
metaphor in various fields is continuously growing, but very few work has been done in …
Features of perceived metaphoricity on the discourse level: Abstractness and emotionality
P Piccirilli, SS Walde - arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.08939, 2022 - arxiv.org
Research on metaphorical language has shown ties between abstractness and emotionality
with regard to metaphoricity; prior work is however limited to the word and sentence levels …
with regard to metaphoricity; prior work is however limited to the word and sentence levels …
Determining sentiment views of verbal multiword expressions using linguistic features
M Wiegand, M Schulder… - Natural Language …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We examine the binary classification of sentiment views for verbal multiword expressions
(MWEs). Sentiment views denote the perspective of the holder of some opinion. We …
(MWEs). Sentiment views denote the perspective of the holder of some opinion. We …
Unveiling the mystery of visual attributes of concrete and abstract concepts: Variability, nearest neighbors, and challenging categories
The visual representation of a concept varies significantly depending on its meaning and the
context where it occurs; this poses multiple challenges both for vision and multimodal …
context where it occurs; this poses multiple challenges both for vision and multimodal …
Investigating the Nature of Disagreements on Mid-Scale Ratings: A Case Study on the Abstractness-Concreteness Continuum
Humans tend to strongly agree on ratings on a scale for extreme cases (eg, a CAT is judged
as very concrete), but judgements on mid-scale words exhibit more disagreement. Yet …
as very concrete), but judgements on mid-scale words exhibit more disagreement. Yet …
What drives the use of metaphorical language? negative insights from abstractness, affect, discourse coherence and contextualized word representations
P Piccirilli, SS Walde - arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.11113, 2022 - arxiv.org
Given a specific discourse, which discourse properties trigger the use of metaphorical
language, rather than using literal alternatives? For example, what drives people to say" …
language, rather than using literal alternatives? For example, what drives people to say" …