SENTIMENT-ANALYSIS IN GEORGIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE – MAIN RULES FOR DETERMINING SENTIMENT

Authors

  • Elene Kadagishvili Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Author

Keywords:

Georgian natural political speech, Political discourse, sentiment analysis, Corpus-based research

Abstract

Sentiment-analysis is a form of natural language processing that gives us information about the sentiment (emotion) of the text - is it positive (towards something or someone), negative or neutral; All the examples in the presentation are drawn from the political corpus of the Georgian language. The political discourse can be defined as political communication employed by politicians in various contexts, including public speeches, planned (inaugural texts), or unplanned speeches (television programs, participation in discussions, parliamentary speeches). Sentiment analysis research typically encompasses three interrelated yet distinct levels (Bing Liu, 2016). These are: o  Document level o  Sentence level o Aspect level. When defining sentiment at the aspect level, we consider several aspects: whom we value (which can be a specific person often a politician), what we value (usually, a concrete action of a specific politician), and how we value it (whether negatively, positively or neutrally) (Bing Liu, 2016). In this presentation, we will illustrate, through examples, why the aspect level of sentiment research is considered the most important. We will also discuss the role of parts of speech in determining sentiment – in this case we will primarily focus on adjectives and nouns. Usually, an adjective with positive or negative content can be attached to a semantically neutral noun and, accordingly, the sentiment of the opinion will change - it will become positive or negative; However, we may have a completely different picture if the noun itself carries sentiment. In this article, we will explore noun-adjective combinations, define types of combinations, and highlight main rules derived from the analysis of these combinations. Based on the combinations and analyzing the contexts, we found that the most crucial element in the process of sentiment determination is not individual words but phrases. Additionally, in many cases, verb phrases (VP) play a significant role in sentiment determination, contrary to the common focus on noun phrases (NP). We highlight the rules derived from observing the empirical material

Published

2023-11-01

How to Cite

SENTIMENT-ANALYSIS IN GEORGIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE – MAIN RULES FOR DETERMINING SENTIMENT. (2023). Kartvelian Heritage, XXVII, 243-249. https://moambe.journals.atsu.edu.ge/index.php/Kartvelology/article/view/219

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