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arXiv Computation and Language By Mandar Marathe, Manar Ali, Sara Nabhani, Raia Abu Ahmad, Ibrahim Baroud, Omar Momen

AraMIP: Extending MIPVU Towards Metaphor Identification in Arabic

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AraMIP introduces a new guideline for annotating metaphors in Arabic, building upon the established MIPVU framework and tailoring it to Arabic’s linguistic features. The authors distinguish three figurative types—Isti'ara (metaphor), kinaya (metonymy/indirect expression), and tashbih (simile)—and apply the procedure to a pilot dataset of 300 sentences (5,277 words). Their analysis highlights Arabic‑specific challenges such as morphological complexity, inconsistent dictionary sense ordering, and a lack of standardized contextual materials for annotators.

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