Building a Positive and Negative Word List
Your sentiment lexicon.
Meet the Lexicon
A lexicon is simply a list of words tagged with sentiment. It is the dictionary your rule-based detector will look words up in. 📖
Two Buckets to Start
Begin with two lists: positive words and negative words. Each list holds terms that reliably signal one feeling on their own.
All lessons in this course
- What Is Sentiment Analysis?
- Building a Positive and Negative Word List
- Scoring a Review by Counting Cues
- Handling Negation and Edge Cases