Using the revised dictionary of affect in language to quantify the emotional undertones of samples of natural language

Psychological Reports

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 509-521

  Whissell, Cynthia ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049157681     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.105.2.509-521     Document Type: Article

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