Form and function in evaluative language
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Antonio Moreno Ortiz
Abstract
In this paper we summarise current research in the analysis of evaluative language, both from a linguistic and a NLP perspective, and offer a description of the approaches that have been proposed, to focus on the use of text corpora as a common resource employed by practitioners of both disciplines. We then present some of the work carried out by our research team, Tecnolengua, that has concentrated on the construction of a domain-neutral, linguistically-motivated sentiment analysis tool, which makes extensive use of lexical resources of various types. Among such resources, the inclusion of multiword expressions in our database is a key factor in the improved performance of Sentitext, as they play an integral role in the creation of the context rules we use to account for those cases in which the assigned valence of an individual word is modified by its surrounding linguistic environment.
Abstract
In this paper we summarise current research in the analysis of evaluative language, both from a linguistic and a NLP perspective, and offer a description of the approaches that have been proposed, to focus on the use of text corpora as a common resource employed by practitioners of both disciplines. We then present some of the work carried out by our research team, Tecnolengua, that has concentrated on the construction of a domain-neutral, linguistically-motivated sentiment analysis tool, which makes extensive use of lexical resources of various types. Among such resources, the inclusion of multiword expressions in our database is a key factor in the improved performance of Sentitext, as they play an integral role in the creation of the context rules we use to account for those cases in which the assigned valence of an individual word is modified by its surrounding linguistic environment.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Contributors vii
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Introduction
- On the relatedness of functionalism and pragmatics 1
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I. Methods in the analysis of language and discourse
- Developing comprehensive criteria of adequacy 19
- A method of analysing recontextualisation in the communication of science 37
- Contrastive corpus annotation in the CONTRANOT project 57
- Form and function in evaluative language 87
- Life before Nation 111
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II. Pragmatics and grammar
- A lexico-paradigmatic approach to English setting-constructions 133
- How did we think? 149
- The adverb truly in Present-Day English 169
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III. Current trends in pragmatics and discourse analysis
- Nominal reference and the dynamics of discourse 189
- ‘Pragmatic punting’ and prosody 209
- Besides as a connective 223
- Searle and Sinclair on communicative acts 243
- Strategies of (in)directness in Spanish speakers’ production of complaints and disagreements in English and Spanish 261
- Name index 285
- Term index 289
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Contributors vii
-
Introduction
- On the relatedness of functionalism and pragmatics 1
-
I. Methods in the analysis of language and discourse
- Developing comprehensive criteria of adequacy 19
- A method of analysing recontextualisation in the communication of science 37
- Contrastive corpus annotation in the CONTRANOT project 57
- Form and function in evaluative language 87
- Life before Nation 111
-
II. Pragmatics and grammar
- A lexico-paradigmatic approach to English setting-constructions 133
- How did we think? 149
- The adverb truly in Present-Day English 169
-
III. Current trends in pragmatics and discourse analysis
- Nominal reference and the dynamics of discourse 189
- ‘Pragmatic punting’ and prosody 209
- Besides as a connective 223
- Searle and Sinclair on communicative acts 243
- Strategies of (in)directness in Spanish speakers’ production of complaints and disagreements in English and Spanish 261
- Name index 285
- Term index 289
