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A Typologically Grounded Evaluation Framework for Word Order and Morphology Sensitivity in Multilingual Masked LMs
Anna Feldman, Libby Barak, Jing Peng
We introduce a typology-aware diagnostic for multilingual masked language models that tests reliance on word order versus inflectional form. Using Universal Dependencies, we apply…
When Semantic Overlap Is Not Enough: Cross-Lingual Euphemism Transfer Between Turkish and English
Hasan Can Biyik, Libby Barak, Jing Peng +1
Euphemisms substitute socially sensitive expressions, often softening or reframing meaning, and their reliance on cultural and pragmatic context complicates modeling across languag…
When Does Language Transfer Help? Sequential Fine-Tuning for Cross-Lingual Euphemism Detection
Julia Sammartino, Libby Barak, Jing Peng +1
Euphemisms are culturally variable and often ambiguous, posing challenges for language models, especially in low-resource settings. This paper investigates how cross-lingual transf…
A Survey of Idiom Datasets for Psycholinguistic and Computational Research
Michael Flor, Xinyi Liu, Anna Feldman
Idioms are figurative expressions whose meanings often cannot be inferred from their individual words, making them difficult to process computationally and posing challenges for hu…
Turkish Delights: a Dataset on Turkish Euphemisms
Hasan Can Biyik, Patrick Lee, Anna Feldman
Euphemisms are a form of figurative language relatively understudied in natural language processing. This research extends the current computational work on potentially euphemistic…