September 2011
2 posts
Behavior of words →
bobulate:
Linguists and lexicographers are turning to a new research area to learn about the behavior of words and the way the language system works — Twitter feeds:
These have the advantage of providing high volumes of very up-to-date examples of language in use. Some of this data is used for what is known as ‘sentiment analysis’, as a way of discovering people’s attitudes on various topics,...