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The Role of Affect in the Computational Modeling of Natural Language
Author(s) -
Alm Cecilia Ovesdotter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1002/lnc3.334
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , natural (archaeology) , mood , relevance (law) , feeling , computational linguistics , linguistics , personality , natural language , psychology , affect theory , computer science , cognitive science , natural language processing , social psychology , history , philosophy , political science , law , archaeology
Expressivity is an intrinsic component of natural language. This article follows the tradition of affective computing (Picard 1997) in using affect to refer to connected concepts such as emotion, mood, feelings, personality, attitude, polarity, and related subjective phenomena. The overview clarifies the relevance of affect for linguistics and computational linguistics, summarizes useful background, outlines helpful resources, and highlights important considerations for computational modeling of affect in language and affect‐related linguistic behaviors. In addition, the article sketches unsettled debates, topics, problems, and areas in need of further exploration.