Concept Drift Guided LayerNorm Tuning for Efficient Multimodal Metaphor Identification

ArXi:2505.11237v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Metaphorical imagination, the ability to connect seemingly unrelated concepts, is fundamental to human cognition and communication. While understanding linguistic metaphors has advanced significantly, grasping multimodal metaphors, such as those found in internet memes, presents unique challenges due to their unconventional expressions and implied meanings. Existing methods for multimodal metaphor identification often struggle to bridge the gap between literal and figurative interpretations.