afinn

AFINN sentiment analysis in Python: Wordlist-based approach for sentiment analysis.

Examples

>>> from afinn import Afinn
>>> afinn = Afinn()
>>> afinn.score('This is utterly excellent!')
3.0

In Danish:

>>> afinn = Afinn(language='da')
>>> afinn.score('Hvis ikke det er det mest afskyelige flueknepperi...')
-6.0

With emoticons:

>>> afinn = Afinn(emoticons=True)
>>> afinn.score('I saw that yesterday :)')
2.0

Citation

If you as a scientist use the wordlist or the code please cite this one:

• Finn Årup Nielsen, "A new ANEW: evaluation of a word list for sentiment analysis in microblogs" , Proceedings of the ESWC2011 Workshop on 'Making Sense of Microposts': Big things come in small packages 718 in CEUR Workshop Proceedings: 93-98. 2011 May. Matthew Rowe, Milan Stankovic, Aba-Sah Dadzie, Mariann Hardey (editors)

Paper with supplement: http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6006/pdf/imm6006.pdf

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