Eliana Di Palma will explore the connection between language and emotions, focusing on how words can convey emotions. A central topic will be ELIta, an Italian emotion lexicon containing over 6,000 words and emojis, manually annotated by native speakers. This resource is designed to support the analysis of emotional content in various types of texts, including both formal writing and everyday communication, such as messages and social media. Practical examples will illustrate how words are linked to emotions, and how these associations may vary depending on factors such as age, gender, and cultural background. The talk will conclude with a study on oxymorons, examining the relationship between their components and their emotional perception from both psycholinguistic and computational perspectives.
When: 6/06/2025, h 11.30
Where: Sala Seminari – 1st floor