SentiProfiler: Creating Comparable Visual Profiles of Sentimental Content in Texts

Tuomo Kakkonen, Gordana Galić Kakkonen · 2011

We introduce the concept of sentiment profiles, representations of emotional content in texts and the SentiProfiler system for creating and visualizing such profiles. We also demonstrate the practical applicability of the system in literary research by describing its use in analyzing novels in the Gothic fiction genre. Our results indicate that the system is able to support literary research by providing valuable insights into the emotional content of Gothic novels. 1

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