Human language reveals a universal positivity bias
Using human evaluation of 100,000 words spread across 24 corpora in 10 languages diverse in origin and culture, we present evidence of a deep imprint of human sociality in language, observing that (i) the words of natural human language possess a universal positivity bias, (ii) the estimated emotion...
Main Authors: | Dodds, Peter Sheridan, Clark, Eric M., Desu, Suma, Reagan, Andrew J., Williams, Jake Ryland, Mitchell, Lewis, Harris, Kameron Decker, Kloumann, Isabel M., Bagrow, James P., Megerdoomian, Karine, McMahon, Matthew T., Tivnan, Brian F., Danforth, Christopher M., Frank, Morgan Ryan |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Computational Engineering |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98030 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9487-9359 |
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