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Metaphor and Affect Detection in an ICA

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Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2007)

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We discuss an aspect of an affect-detection system used in edrama by intelligent conversational agents, namely affective interpretation of limited sorts of metaphorical utterance. We discuss how these metaphorical utterances are recognized and how they are analysed and their affective content determined.

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B152TT, UK

    T. H. Rumbell, C. J. Smith, J. A. Barnden, M. G. Lee, S. R. Glasbey & A. M. Wallington

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  1. T. H. Rumbell
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Ana C. R. Paiva Rui Prada Rosalind W. Picard

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Rumbell, T.H., Smith, C.J., Barnden, J.A., Lee, M.G., Glasbey, S.R., Wallington, A.M. (2007). Metaphor and Affect Detection in an ICA. In: Paiva, A.C.R., Prada, R., Picard, R.W. (eds) Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction. ACII 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4738. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74889-2_80

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