@article{ART003323334},
author={Jegal, Deok-ju},
title={The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -},
journal={Korean Language & Literature},
issn={1229-1730},
year={2026},
number={132},
pages={29-53}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jegal, Deok-ju
TI - The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -
JO - Korean Language & Literature
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 132
PB - Korean Language & Literature
SP - 29
EP - 53
SN - 1229-1730
AB - This study aims to critique approaches in previous sentiment research that reduce the meaning of emotive adjectives to a problem of selecting positive or negative polarity, and to propose a theoretical framework in which sentiment is externally manifested in a phase-like manner through the combination of evaluative features directed at the object, the situation, and the speaker. While existing sentiment analysis research has primarily determined sentiment based on sentence-level polarity or the speaker’s intention, actual language use frequently exhibits cases in which intention, sentence form, and sentiment judgment do not align. This study argues that such mismatches stem from a structural limitation inherent in assuming sentiment as a fixed semantic value.
As an alternative account, this study sets the minimal unit of sentiment judgment not at the sentence level but at the level of emotive adjectives, and analyzes the meaning of emotive adjectives as a combination of sentiment features related to the object, the situation, and the speaker. Applying this analytical framework to thirty high-frequency emotive adjectives, the analysis demonstrates that sentiment is not a single positive or negative value but a combinatorial outcome formed within a judgmental phase. In particular, some emotive adjectives exhibit a characteristic in which judgment toward the object remains suspended, while situational perception and the speaker’s affect are directly linked.
Through this analysis, the study calls for a reconceptualization of sentiment not as the result of semantic selection but as a process of semantic externalization, and proposes an analytical framework that enables a more fine-grained description of the semantic structure of emotive adjectives. Furthermore, it discusses how sentiment-feature analysis can extend the explanatory scope of existing sentiment research and how linguistically grounded analyses centered on emotive adjectives can be applied to the design of artificial intelligence sentiment analysis models.
KW - emotive adjectives;sentiment features;semantic externalization;judgmental phase;object–situation–speaker;sentiment analysis
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Jegal, Deok-ju. (2026). The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -. Korean Language & Literature, 132, 29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju. 2026, "The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -", Korean Language & Literature, no.132, pp.29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju "The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -" Korean Language & Literature 132 pp.29-53 (2026) : 29.
Jegal, Deok-ju. The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -. 2026; 132 : 29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju. "The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -" Korean Language & Literature no.132(2026) : 29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju. The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -. Korean Language & Literature, 132, 29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju. The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -. Korean Language & Literature. 2026; 132 29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju. The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -. 2026; 132 : 29-53.
Jegal, Deok-ju. "The Sentiment-Feature Structure and Semantic Externalization of Emotive Adjectives - A Sentiment Analysis Model Based on Object-, Situation-, and Speaker-Oriented Judgments -" Korean Language & Literature no.132(2026) : 29-53.
