Computational approaches to subjectivity and sentiment analysis: Present and envisaged methods and applications
Computer Speech & LanguagePublished 4 October 2013
Alexandra Balahur, Rada Mihalcea, Andrés Montoyo
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An overview of the latest trends in the subjectivity and sentiment analysis fields is presented and the manner in which the articles contained in the special issue contribute to the advancement of the area is described.
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Recent yearshavewitnessedasurgeofinterestincomputationalmethodsforaffect,rangingfromopinionmining,tosubjectivity\ndetection, tosentimentandemotionanalysis.Thisarticlepresentsabriefoverviewofthelatesttrendsinthefieldanddescribesthe\nmanner inwhichthearticlescontainedinthespecialissuecontributetotheadvancementofthearea.Finally,wecommentonthe\ncurrent challengesandenvisageddevelopmentsofthesubjectivityandsentimentanalysisfields,aswellastheirapplicationtoother\nNatural LanguageProcessingtasksandrelateddomains.
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