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  1. PRISM: A Category-Theoretic Framework for Measuring and Refining Multimodal Analogies

    Oct 1, 2026Mirella Zeisler, Ojas Shirekar, Mircea Licǎ +1AnalogyMetaphors

    Delft University of Technology

  2. AraMIP: Extending MIPVU Towards Metaphor Identification in Arabic

    Sep 15, 2026Mandar Marathe, Manar Ali, Sara Nabhani +3MetaphorsArabic

    1SOAS University of London, United Kingdom · 2CRC 1646 ‘Linguistic Creativity in Communication’, Bielefeld University, Germany · 3Computational Linguistics, CLCG, University of Groningen, The Netherlands +2

  3. Calibrated Ambiguity in Multimodal Language Models: Humans reach for cultural references, while models describe the picture

    Sep 14, 2026Cody Kommers, Mingrui Ye, Evelyn Gius +4AmbiguityMultimodal Large Language Models

    King’s College London London, United Kingdom · University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  4. BanglaMemeX: Advancing Cultural Metaphoric Image Interpretation in Bangla with a Multimodal Explainable Dataset

    Sep 7, 2026Md. Sadman Sakib, Zisan Mahmud, Md. Fahim Arefin +1BanglaMetaphors

    University of Dhaka · University of Texas at Dallas

  5. Wisdom in Unity: The Role of Multilingual Training in Figurative Language Identification in Proverbs

    Aug 8, 2026Rama Alomair, Remas Alsubaie, Walaa Saifalislam +5MetaphorsTaxonomy

    College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University

  6. Discovering Conceptual Metaphors Across Topics and Media Types

    Aug 6, 2026Alexandria Leto, Rohan Das, Juan Vásquez +2MetaphorsDiscourse

    University of Colorado Boulder

  7. M3^3R-Bench: A Unified Benchmark for Evidence-Grounded Multimodal Metaphor Understanding

    Aug 6, 2026Hong Jiang, Junnan Zhu, Jingwang Huang +9MetaphorsHuman-Annotated Benchmark

    School of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China · Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing (IAIC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore +3

  8. Simile Understanding in Text-to-Image Models: An Evaluation Framework

    Aug 5, 2026Luecheng Wang, Shintaro Ozaki, Hidetaka Kamigaito +4Modern Text-To-Image ModelsText-To-Image

    The University of Tokyo · Nara Institute of Science and Technology · Chungnam National University +1

  9. Easy to Complete, Hard to Choose: Investigating LLM Performance on the ProverbIT Benchmark

    Aug 5, 2026Enrico Mensa, Lorenzo Zane, Calogero Jerik Scozzaro +3LLM Reasoning StrategiesMetaphors

    Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy · Independent Researcher

  10. Towards End-to-End Multilingual Metaphor Processing: Integrating Detection, Translation, and Evaluation

    Aug 4, 2026Jiahui Liang, Lifeng HanMetaphorsAnnotations

    Centre for Linguistics, Humanities, Leiden University, NL · LIACS, Leiden University, NL · BDS, Leiden University Medical Centre, NL

  11. VIVID: A Culturally Grounded Benchmark Exposing the Figurative Language Gap in Vietnamese NLP

    Aug 4, 2026Tu Tran Do, Nhat Ngoc Nguyen, Khanh-Tung Tran +3MetaphorsNatural Language Processing

    Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Vietnam · School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University College Cork, Ireland

  12. Metaphor Tracer: A Theory-Informed Analysis of Hidden States

    Jul 30, 2026Marc Heimann, Roxana Assadi Moghaddam, Olga Brovkina +2Hidden StatesMetaphors

    Hermeneutic AI

  13. Metaphor-Induced Algorithmic Steering: Cross-Domain Procedural Transfer in LLM Code Generation

    Jul 30, 2026Zhibo Hu, Chen Wang, Yanfeng Shu +3Code GenerationMetaphors

    The University of New South Wales · Australia · CSIRO

  14. Towards High-Level Semantic Intelligence

    Jul 27, 2026Xiujie Song, Gefei Yang, Yining You +6Artificial Intelligence SystemsCognitive Science

    X-LANCE Lab, School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China · Nanjing University, Nanjing, China · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China

  15. CAMMAR: Culture-Aware Matryoshka for Metaphorical Arabic Representations

    Jul 17, 2026Suzan Awinat, Alfonso Ortega del PuenteMetaphorsArabic

    Department of Computer Engineering Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) School of Science and Technology IE University Madrid, Spain · Department of Computer Science Oviedo University Asturias, Spain

  16. Conceptual Networks for Cross-Linguistic Idiomatic Expressions: A Feature-Based Graph Approach

    Jul 10, 2026Kiran Pala, Punam Silu, Luxin YuIdiomMetaphors

    University of Eastern Finland, Finland · Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India

  17. MetaHOPE: A Metaphor-Oriented Evaluation Framework for Analysing MT and LLM Translation Errors

    Jul 1, 2026Jiahui Liang, Lifeng HanMetaphorsMachine Translation

    Centre for Linguistics, Humanities, Leiden University, NL · LIACS, Leiden University, NL · BDS, Leiden University Medical Centre, NL

  18. Information Terra: A Narrative-Anchored Semantic-First Projection of Document Embeddings

    Jun 29, 2026Brian Keith-Norambuena, Fausto German, Chris NorthNarrativesText Embeddings

    Universidad Cat´olica del Norte, Chile · Virginia Tech

  19. As Easy as Rocket Science: Assessing the Ability of Large Language Models to Interpret Negation in Figurative Language

    Jun 17, 2026Jasmine Owers, Edwin Simpson, Martha LewisMetaphorsNegation

    Intelligent Systems Lab University of Bristol UK · ILLC University of Amsterdam The Netherlands

  20. Robust Dual-Signal Fusion: Hybrid Neuro-Symbolic Gating with Compressed Chain-of-Thought Refinement for Irony Detection in Social Media Texts

    Jun 15, 2026Ankit Bhattacharjee, Krityapriya BhaumikNeuro-Symbolic FrameworkSocial Media Posts

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

  21. Using AI in engineering education: a balancing act, driven by clear purpose

    Jun 15, 2026Olya KudinaArtificial Intelligence LiteracyEngineering

    TU Delft, The Netherlands · Optentia Unit, North-West University, South Africa

  22. FigSIM: A Dataset for Fine-grained Suicide Severity and Figurative Language in Suicide Memes

    Jun 1, 2026Liuliu Chen, Elise R. Carrotte, Brian E. Chapman +2Suicide RiskMemes

    School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia · Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Australia · Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia +1

  23. When Meaning Travels: A Granular Lens on Hybrid-MoE's Role in Idiomatic Understanding for Language Models

    Jun 1, 2026Sarmistha Das, Vaibhav Vishal, Shreyas Guha +3IdiomMultilingual Language Models

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India · School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

  24. Cross-Lingual Steering for Figurative Language Generation

    May 28, 2026Linfeng Liu, Tiffany Zhan, Louie Hong Yao +2MetaphorsSteering

    Department of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati · School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University · Independent Researcher

  25. MetaphorVU: Towards Metaphorical Video Understanding

    May 25, 2026Zhuoqun Li, Boxi Cao, Guiping Jiang +13Video Multimodal Large Language ModelsMetaphors

    Chinese Information Processing Laboratory, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Kuaishou Technology +1

  26. IdioLink: Retrieving Meaning Beyond Words Across Idiomatic and Literal Expressions

    May 21, 2026Kai Golan Hashiloni, Daniel Fadlon, Lior Livyatan +3MetaphorsExpression

    Data Science Institute, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel · EfiArazi School of Computer Science, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  27. Post-Hoc Understanding of Metaphor Processing in Decoder-Only Language Models via Conditional Scale Entropy

    May 20, 2026Lawhori Chakrabarti, Jennifer Johnson-Leung, Bert Baumgaertner +3Transformer EncoderTransformer Architectures

    Department of Computer Science, University of Idaho, Moscow ID 83844, USA · Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science, University of Idaho, Moscow ID 83844, USA · Department of Politics and Philosophy, University of Idaho, Moscow ID 83844, USA +2

  28. Metaphors in Literary Post-Editing: Opening Pandora's Box?

    May 20, 2026Aletta G. Dorst, Mayra O. Nas, Katinka ZevenMetaphors

    Leiden University Centre for Linguistics

  29. ViMU: Benchmarking Video Metaphorical Understanding

    May 14, 2026Qi Li, Xinchao WangMetaphorsImplicit

    National University of Singapore

  30. Metaphor Is Not All Attention Needs

    May 12, 2026Olga Sorokoletova, Francesco Giarrusso, Giacomo De Luca +6Large Language Model JailbreaksJailbreak Attacks

    Sapienza University of Rome Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering Sapienza University of Rome Via Ariosto 25, Rome 00185, Italy · DEXAI – Icaro Lab · University of Rome Tor Vergata +1

  31. A Reproducible Multi-Architecture Baseline for Token-Level Chinese Metaphor Identification under the MIPVU Framework

    May 8, 2026Yufeng WuMetaphorsMandarin

    City University of Hong Kong

  32. The Frequency Confound in Language-Model Surprisal and Metaphor Novelty

    May 7, 2026Omar Momen, Sina ZarrießSurprisalImplicit Association Test

    CRC 1646 – Linguistic Creativity in Communication · Bielefeld University, Germany

  33. Metonymy in vision models undermines attention-based interpretability

    May 7, 2026Ananthu Aniraj, Cassio F. Dantas, Dino Ienco +2InterpretabilityVision Foundation Models

    Inria, EVERGREEN, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France · INRAE, UMR TETIS, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France · University of Trento, Trento, Italy

  34. Structural Ranking of the Cognitive Plausibility of Computational Models of Analogy and Metaphors with the Minimal Cognitive Grid

    May 2, 2026Alessio Donvito, Antonio LietoCognitive ScienceAnalogy

    University of Bari, Italy · University of Salerno, CIIT Lab / ICAR-CNR, Italy

  35. SiNFluD: Creating and Evaluating Figurative Language Dataset for Sindhi

    May 2, 2026Wazir Ali, Adeeb Noor, Saifullah TumraniNatural Language DatasetsMetaphors

    Department of Data Science, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan. · SoloGenAI Pvt. Ltd. · Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. +1

  36. Spatial Metaphors for LLM Memory: A Critical Analysis of the MemPalace Architecture

    Apr 23, 2026Robin Dey, Panyanon ViradechaLarge Language Model MemoryLong-Term Memory

    OpenHub Research Chiang Mai, Thailand

  37. Not all ANIMALs are equal: metaphorical framing through source domains and semantic frames

    Apr 22, 2026Yulia Otmakhova, Matteo Guida, Lea FrermannMetaphorsSpecies

    School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne

  38. Frictionless Love: Associations Between AI Companion Roles and Behavioral Addiction

    Apr 21, 2026Vibhor Agarwal, Ke Zhou, Edyta Paulina Bogucka +1Artificial Intelligence CompanionsRole

    Nokia Bell Labs, Cambridge, United Kingdom · Nokia Bell Labs , Cambridge, United Kingdom · University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom +1

  39. Exploring Concreteness Through a Figurative Lens

    Apr 20, 2026Saptarshi Ghosh, Tianyu JiangMetaphorsRepresentation Space

    University of Cincinnati

  40. Metaphors are a Source of Cross-Domain Misalignment of Large Reasoning Models

    Jan 6, 2026Zhibo Hu, Chen Wang, Yanfeng Shu +2LLM Reasoning StrategiesLarge Reasoning Models

    The University of New South Wales · CSIRO Data61

  41. Evaluating Large Language Models on Urdu Idioms

    Oct 20, 2025Muhammad Farmal Khan, Mousumi AkterUrduIdiom

    Technical University Dortmund · Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security

  42. Toward Metaphor-Fluid Conversation Design for Voice User Interfaces

    Feb 17, 2025Smit Desai, Jessie Chin, Dakuo Wang +2Generative User InterfaceMetaphors

    Northeastern University Boston, Massachusets, USA · University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA · University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland

  43. Some hypotheses on how chatbots work in problem-solution-driven conversations: Large Language Models as confirmation of the Innovation Illusion

    Date pendingS. F. M. van Vlijmen, H. D. Lethe jrChatbotsMetaphors