How can you use sentiment analysis to study irony in online communication?
Irony is a rhetorical device that conveys a meaning opposite to the literal one, often for humorous or critical purposes. Online communication, such as social media posts, tweets, or reviews, is full of ironic expressions that can be challenging to detect and interpret. Sentiment analysis is a natural language processing technique that aims to identify and quantify the emotional tone of a text. How can you use sentiment analysis to study irony in online communication? In this article, you will learn about the main types of irony, the challenges of automatic irony detection, and some tools and methods that can help you analyze ironic texts.
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Karl HausdorfHead of AI Business incubator @ Fujitsu European Platform Business
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Kristīna KorneliusaJunior Lecturer & Research Assistant at Latvijas Universitate | PhD Student | Linguist | Translator | Content Creator
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Sara ASMTranslator ┃ Forensic Linguist ┃ Communication Consultant ┃ Translation Project Manager