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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=941463920-25012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Adam and Hongyin, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=941463920-25012009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>another obvious bridge between corpus (or computational)
linguistics and content analysis is the study of inter-annotator agreement,
where the work of Krippendorff is a must:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Krippendorff,
Klaus. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Content Analysis: an introduction
to its Methodology</I>. Sage Publications, 2nd edition. Fist edition:
1980.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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Klaus. "Measuring the Reliability of Qualitative Text Analysis Data." <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Quality & Quantity</I> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">38</B>, no. 6 (2004), pp. 787-800.
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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Best,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Diana</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> corpora-bounces@uib.no
[mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Adam
Kilgarriff<BR><B>Sent:</B> 25. januar 2009 07:55<BR><B>To:</B> Hongyin
Tao<BR><B>Cc:</B> Corpora List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Corpora-List]
Laypersons' applied corpus linguistics<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Hongyin Tao</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>this isn't layperson's corpus linguistics, it's another discipline called
Content Analysis, which has been around for longer than corpus linguistics but
has remarkably little crossover of references and interest despite simialrity
of methods - the only person I know of who has explicitly linked the two
approaches is Ken Litkowski.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From the little I know, CA blossomed as a method of propoganda analysis
in the US in the 60s, and now lives on particularly in psychotherapy and
related areas, as in the news clip you show. One big famous system was
called General Enquirer. They developed very large lexicons withe words
marked up for whether they were positive or negative, etc, adn also did lots
of work on WSD, as polysemy was aproblem for their method.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Refs</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Harvard IV Psycho-Sociological Dictionary (<STRONG>Kelly</STRONG> &
<STRONG>Stone</STRONG>, 1975).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_analysis">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_analysis</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>or for the abstract of a psychological piece using it, with a decent
intro, see <A
href="http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785037098~db=all">http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785037098~db=all</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Or here:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV id=rdcTitle>The assessment of psychological states through content
analysis of verbal communications. </DIV>
<DIV id=rdcAuthors>Viney, Linda L. </DIV>
<DIV id=rdcSource>Psychological Bulletin. Vol 94(3), Nov 1983, 542-563.</DIV>
<H3>Abstract</H3>
<DIV class=rdRecordSection>
<OL class=rdAbstractsList>
<LI class=rdAbstract>Presents a history of the use of content analysis in
psychology and describes the development of CA scales, including an example
of a scale in construction. The variety of verbal communications to which CA
is applicable is also considered. Issues of reliability and validity were
considered in a survey of the literature on a sample of 10 relatively
well-developed CA scales. Some of the theoretical and practical advantages
of the technique over other methods of assessing psychological states are
also examined, as well as some of its problems and limitations. Information
about available CA scales is included. Applications of CA in personality,
developmental, and social psychology are considered, together with others in
clinical, community, and health psychology. The scoring of CA scales by
computer is also discussed, as is their contribution to an ethical
relationship between researcher and research participant. The viability of
CA as an aid in psychological research is evaluated. (158 ref) (PsycINFO
Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) </LI></OL></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>(which scarcely looks layperson-like to me!)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Adam Kilgarriff</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/1/24 Hongyin Tao <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:bbs.lists@gmail.com">bbs.lists@gmail.com</A>></SPAN><BR>
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recent example that just came up...<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.livescience.com/culture/090123-instant-message-couples.html"
target=_blank>http://www.livescience.com/culture/090123-instant-message-couples.html</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Corpora
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