使用《语言情感修订词典》来量化自然语言样本的情感基调。

Using the Revised Dictionary of Affect in Language to quantify the emotional undertones of samples of natural language.

作者信息

Whissell Cynthia

机构信息

Psychology Department, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

出版信息

Psychol Rep. 2009 Oct;105(2):509-21. doi: 10.2466/PR0.105.2.509-521.

DOI:10.2466/PR0.105.2.509-521

PMID:19928612

Abstract

Whissell's Dictionary of Affect in Language, originally designed to quantify the Pleasantness and Activation of specifically emotional words, was revised to increase its applicability to samples of natural language. Word selection for the revision privileged natural language, and the matching rate of the Dictionary, which includes 8,742 words, was increased to 90%. Dictionary scores were available for 9 of every 10 words in most language samples. A third rated dimension (Imagery) was added, and normative scores were obtained for natural English. Evidence supports the reliability and validity of ratings. Two sample applications to very disparate instances of natural language are described. The revised Dictionary, which contains ratings for words characteristic of natural language, is a portable tool that can be applied in almost any situation involving language.

摘要

惠塞尔语言情感词典最初旨在量化特定情感词汇的愉悦度和活跃度，现进行了修订，以提高其对自然语言样本的适用性。修订版的词汇选择优先考虑自然语言，该词典（包含8742个单词）的匹配率提高到了90%。在大多数语言样本中，每10个单词中有9个可以获得词典分数。增加了第三个评分维度（意象），并获得了自然英语的常模分数。有证据支持评分的可靠性和有效性。文中描述了该词典在两个截然不同的自然语言实例中的应用。修订后的词典包含自然语言特征词汇的评分，是一种几乎可应用于任何涉及语言情境的便捷工具。