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Series:   Elements in Corpus Linguistics

Conducting Sentiment Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2021

Lei Lei  and
Dilin Liu
Lei Lei
Affiliation:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dilin Liu
Affiliation:
University of Alabama

Summary

This Element provides a basic introduction to sentiment analysis, aimed at helping students and professionals in corpus linguistics to understand what sentiment analysis is, how it is conducted, and where it can be applied. It begins with a definition of sentiment analysis and a discussion of the domains where sentiment analysis is conducted and used the most. Then, it introduces two main methods that are commonly used in sentiment analysis known as supervised machine-learning and unsupervised learning (or lexicon-based) methods, followed by a step-by-step explanation of how to perform sentiment analysis with R. The Element then provides two detailed examples or cases of sentiment and emotion analysis, with one using an unsupervised method and the other using a supervised learning method.
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corpus linguisticslexicon-basedsentiment analysissupervised machine-learningunsupervised machine-learning
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Series: Elements in Corpus Linguistics
Online ISBN: 9781108909679
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 23 September 2021

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