A survey on automatic generation of figurative language: From rule-based systems to large language models

H Lai, M Nissim - ACM Computing Surveys, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Figurative language generation (FLG) is the task of reformulating a given text to include a
desired figure of speech, such as a hyperbole, a simile, and several others, while still being …

Getting BART to ride the idiomatic train: Learning to represent idiomatic expressions

Z Zeng, S Bhat - Transactions of the Association for Computational …, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
Idiomatic expressions (IEs), characterized by their non-compositionality, are an important
part of natural language. They have been a classical challenge to NLP, including pre-trained …

Non-compositional Expression Generation Based on Curriculum Learning and Continual Learning

J Zhou, Z Zeng, H Gong, S Bhat - Findings of the Association for …, 2023 - aclanthology.org
Non-compositional expressions, by virtue of their non-compositionality, are a classic 'pain in
the neck'for NLP systems. Different from the general language modeling and generation …

IEKG: A Commonsense Knowledge Graph for Idiomatic Expressions

Z Zeng, KT Cheng, SV Nanniyur, J Zhou… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Idiomatic expression (IE) processing and comprehension have challenged pre-trained
language models (PTLMs) because their meanings are non-compositional. Unlike prior …

Unified Representation for Non-compositional and Compositional Expressions

Z Zeng, S Bhat - arxiv preprint arxiv:2310.19127, 2023 - arxiv.org
Accurate processing of non-compositional language relies on generating good
representations for such expressions. In this work, we study the representation of language …

Non-compositional Expression Generation and its Continual Learning

J Zhou, S Bhat - Findings of the Association for Computational …, 2024 - aclanthology.org
Non-compositional expressions are an integral part of natural language and their meanings
cannot be directly derived from the meanings of their component words. Recent work has …

Generating Continuations in Multilingual Idiomatic Contexts

R Pokharel, A Agrawal - arxiv preprint arxiv:2310.20195, 2023 - arxiv.org
The ability to process idiomatic or literal multiword expressions is a crucial aspect of
understanding and generating any language. The task of generating contextually relevant …

Unsupervised Paraphrasing of Multiword Expressions

T Wada, Y Matsumoto, T Baldwin, JH Lau - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We propose an unsupervised approach to paraphrasing multiword expressions (MWEs) in
context. Our model employs only monolingual corpus data and pre-trained language models …

Food for Thought: How can we exploit contextual embeddings in the translation of idiomatic expressions?

L Santing, R Sijstermans, G Anerdi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - aclanthology.org
Idiomatic expressions (or idioms) are phrases where the meaning of the phrase cannot be
determined from the meaning of the individual words in the expression. Translating idioms …

Translation techniques for idiomatic expressions in subtitling and dubbing: a study on Raya and the last dragon

DP Lestari, MAB Nugroho, D Solihat… - Indonesian Journal of …, 2023 - journal.uniku.ac.id
This study examines the translation equivalence and techniques used in translating
idiomatic expressions in the subtitling and dubbing of the movie Raya and the Last Dragon …