SARCASM DETECTION IN PERSIAN

Authors

  • Zahra Bokaee Nezhad 1Department of Computer Engineering, Zand University, Iran
  • Mohammad Ali Deihimi Department of Electronics Engineering, Bahonar University, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32890/jict.20.1.2021.6249

Keywords:

Sarcasm detection, natural language processing, machine learning, sentiment analysis, classification

Abstract

Sarcasm is a form of communication where the individual states the opposite of what is implied. Therefore, detecting a sarcastic tone is somewhat complicated due to its ambiguous nature. On the other hand, identification of sarcasm is vital to various natural language processing tasks such as sentiment analysis and text summarisation. However, research on sarcasm detection in Persian is very limited. This paper investigated the sarcasm detection technique on Persian tweets by combining deep learning-based and machine learning-based approaches. Four sets of features that cover different types of sarcasm were proposed, namely deep polarity, sentiment, part of speech, and punctuation features. These features were utilised to classify the tweets as sarcastic and nonsarcastic. In this study, the deep polarity feature was proposed by conducting a sentiment analysis using deep neural network architecture. In addition, to extract the sentiment feature, a Persian sentiment dictionary was developed, which consisted of four sentiment categories. The study also used a new Persian proverb dictionary in the preparation step to enhance the accuracy of the proposed model. The performance of the model is analysed using several

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Published

04-11-2020

How to Cite

Bokaee Nezhad, Z., & Deihimi, M. A. (2020). SARCASM DETECTION IN PERSIAN. Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 20(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.32890/jict.20.1.2021.6249