Signaling sarcasm: From hyperbole to hashtag. Issue 4 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kunneman, Florian; Liebrecht, Christine; van Mulken, Margot; van den Bosch, Antal
• Is Part Of: Information processing & management. Volume 51:Issue 4(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 500
• Page End: 509
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Information science -- Periodicals; Systèmes d'information -- Périodiques; Sciences de l'information -- Périodiques; Information science; Information storage and retrieval systems; Periodicals; 658.4038
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2014.07.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-4573

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st085">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="u0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0235">The use of hashtags such as #sarcasm reduces the further use of linguistic markers of sarcasm in tweets.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0240">Hashtags such as #sarcasm appear to be the extralinguistic equivalent of non-verbal expressions in live interaction.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0245">Sarcastic hashtags are 90% appropriate.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0250">Sarcastic tweets without hashtags are hard to distinguish from non-sarcastic hyperbolic tweets.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0255">In French tweets, the hashtag #sarcasme conveys a polarity switch less frequently than in Dutch.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>