Computing Attitude and Affect in Text: Theory and Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shanahan, James G. (Editor), Qu, Yan (Editor), Wiebe, Janyce (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: The Information Retrieval Series, 20
• Subjects: Computer science.; Library science.; Information storage and retrieval.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational linguistics.; Computer Science.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Library Science.; Computer Science, general.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Language Translation and Linguistics.

Human Language Technology (HLT) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems have typically focused on the “factual” aspect of content analysis. Other aspects, including pragmatics, opinion, and style, have received much less attention. However, to achieve an adequate understanding of a text, these...