@inproceedings{zeng-etal-2026-categories,
    title = "From Categories to Decisions: A Framework for Attitudinal Analysis of Evaluative Language",
    author = "Zeng, Jiamei  and
      Wang, Haitao  and
      Bunt, Harry  and
      Cao, Xinyu  and
      Dong, Min  and
      Hao, Tianyong  and
      Lee, Kiyong  and
      Pustejovsky, James  and
      Romary, Laurent  and
      Zong, Jianfang  and
      Rey, Fran{\c{c}}ois Claude  and
      Cardey, Sylviane  and
      Jia, Yangli  and
      Liao, Shengqing  and
      Fang, Alex Chengyu",
    editor = "Bunt, Harry",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 22nd Joint {ACL} - {ISO} Workshop on Interoperable Semantic Annotation and Representation ({ISA}-22) @ {LREC} 2026",
    month = may,
    year = "2026",
    address = "Palma, Mallorca (Spain)",
    publisher = "ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/test-year-match/2026.isa-1.14/",
    doi = "10.63317/4sv645t72r82",
    pages = "134--143",
    abstract = "The study reported in this paper aims to contribute to the development of an annotation scheme for evaluative language, based on Appraisal Theory, that addresses key sources of classification problems. In particular. it aims to develops a unified annotation scheme that proposes (1) a three-component annotation model comprising Appraiser, Appraised and Appraisal Element, (2) the operationalised distinction between Affect and Appreciation governed by a criterion of experiencer salience and a criterion distinguishing personal emotions from evaluations of conduct, and (3) a decision framework for the Judgement-Appreciation distinction structured on the target and lexis types operating through override conditions and substitution tests. The revised framework is illustrated with examples selected from a corpus of news discourse in English and is designed to be replicable across future Appraisal-based studies of evaluative language."
}