no code implementations • CL 2018 • Scott F. Kiesling, Umashanthi Pavalanathan, Jim Fitzpatrick, Xiaochuang Han, Jacob Eisenstein
Theories of interactional stancetaking have been put forward as holistic accounts, but until now, these theories have been applied only through detailed qualitative analysis of (portions of) a few individual conversations.
no code implementations • 18 Sep 2018 • Umashanthi Pavalanathan, Xiaochuang Han, Jacob Eisenstein
Do NPOV corrections encourage editors to adopt this style?
no code implementations • ACL 2017 • Umashanthi Pavalanathan, Jim Fitzpatrick, Scott Kiesling, Jacob Eisenstein
The sociolinguistic construct of stancetaking describes the activities through which discourse participants create and signal relationships to their interlocutors, to the topic of discussion, and to the talk itself.
no code implementations • 28 Oct 2015 • Umashanthi Pavalanathan, Jacob Eisenstein
Online writing lacks the non-verbal cues present in face-to-face communication, which provide additional contextual information about the utterance, such as the speaker's intention or affective state.
no code implementations • EMNLP 2015 • Umashanthi Pavalanathan, Jacob Eisenstein
Twitter is often used in quantitative studies that identify geographically-preferred topics, writing styles, and entities.