Exploring Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Methodologies for Literary-Historical Research Purposes

Tess Dejaeghere, Pranaydeep Singh, Els Lefever, Julie Birkholz


Abstract
This study explores aspect-based sentiment analysis (ABSA) methodologies for literary-historical research, aiming to address the limitations of traditional sentiment analysis in understanding nuanced aspects of literature. It evaluates three ABSA toolchains: rule-based, machine learning-based (utilizing BERT and MacBERTh embeddings), and a prompt-based workflow with Mixtral 8x7B. Findings highlight challenges and potentials of ABSA for literary-historical analysis, emphasizing the need for context-aware annotation strategies and technical skills. The research contributes by curating a multilingual corpus of travelogues, publishing an annotated dataset for ABSA, creating openly available Jupyter Notebooks with Python code for each modeling approach, conducting pilot experiments on literary-historical texts, and proposing future endeavors to advance ABSA methodologies in this domain.
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2024.lt4hala-1.16
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Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Language Technologies for Historical and Ancient Languages (LT4HALA) @ LREC-COLING-2024
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May
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2024
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Torino, Italia
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Rachele Sprugnoli, Marco Passarotti
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LT4HALA | WS
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ELRA and ICCL
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129–143
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Tess Dejaeghere, Pranaydeep Singh, Els Lefever, and Julie Birkholz. 2024. Exploring Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Methodologies for Literary-Historical Research Purposes. In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Language Technologies for Historical and Ancient Languages (LT4HALA) @ LREC-COLING-2024, pages 129–143, Torino, Italia. ELRA and ICCL.
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