Syntax Matters for Rhetorical Structure: The Case of Chiasmus

Rhetorical Figure Detection: the Case of Chiasmus

Machine Learning for Rhetorical Figure Detection: More Chiasmus with Less Annotation

Data-Driven Detection of General Chiasmi Using Lexical and Semantic Features

Automatic detection of stylistic devices is an important tool for literary studies, e.g., for stylometric analysis or argument mining. A particularly striking device is the rhetorical figure called chiasmus, which involv…

Computational Discovery of Chiasmus in Ancient Religious Text

Chiasmus, a debated literary device in Biblical texts, has captivated mystics while sparking ongoing scholarly discussion. In this paper, we introduce the first computational approach to systematically detect chiasmus wi…

Rhetorical Questions in LLM Representations: A Linear Probing Study

Rhetorical questions are asked not to seek information but to persuade or signal stance. How large language models internally represent them remains unclear. We analyze rhetorical questions in LLM representations using l…