Barbara Konat
Biographic Data
| ID | 177985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Konat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Konat |
| SIGNATURE | KONAT B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2370-4636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Offensive language in reactions to public figures in polarised discourse online
Offensive language affects contemporary societies by hindering communication and increasing polarisation. In this study, we apply computational linguistics to investigate offensive reactions to public figures in the climate debate on Twitter across their roles and popularity. We also use sentiment analysis to inspect the accuracy of lexical criteria in detecting negative attitudes and examine the types of social media users based on the frequency…
Affective Valence in Posts on X (Formerly Twitter) and Evaluation of a Politician’s Image
The aim of this study was to examine whether the use of affective language by politicians impacts the social evaluation of their image, as measured by the semantic differential method developed by Cwalina et al.. In the study, Polish participants ( N = 958) evaluated the profiles of three well-known Polish politicians from different parties: Bosak (right-wing), Trzaskowski (center), and Biedroń (left-wing). Participants made evaluations before an…
The heart attack of the Polish health service
Metaphors, arguments and emotional appeals have considerable persuasive power in political discourse, yet they are rarely studied together. To explore the interactions between these interrelated phenomena, we employ three methods of analysis: Metaphor Identification Procedure, Inference Anchoring Theory, and lexicon-based sentiment analysis. Our data come from Polish political debates broadcasted during the 2019 pre-election campaign. We test hyp…
Pathos in Natural Language Argumentation
In this paper, we present a model of pathos, delineate its operationalisation, and demonstrate its utility through an analysis of natural language argumentation. We understand pathos as an interactional persuasive process in which speakers are performing pathos appeals and the audience experiences emotional reactions. We analyse two strategies of such appeals in pre-election debates: pathotic Argument Schemes based on the taxonomy proposed by Wal…
Speakers who metaphorize together – argue together
Numerous studies on political discourse claim that metaphors help politicians to construct coherent arguments to convince their voters. Yet, most of them, with a few notable exceptions, do not adhere to any theory of argumentation. In this paper, we integrate Discourse Dynamic Approach to Metaphor with Inference Anchoring Theory to enhance our understanding of the interaction of metaphors and arguments in dynamic discourse. Our data come from thr…
Justify your alpha
The Argument Web
The Argument Web is maturing as both a platform built upon a synthesis of many contemporary theories of argumentation in philosophy and also as an ecosystem in which various applications and application components are contributed by different research groups around the world. It already hosts the largest publicly accessible corpora of argumentation and has the largest number of interoperable and cross compatible tools for the analysis, navigation…
The Structure of Idealization in Noam Chomsky’s Generativist Theory
The Structure of Idealization in Noam Chomsky’s Generativist Theory
The Argument Web
The Argument Web is maturing as both a platform built upon a synthesis of many contemporary theories of argumentation in philosophy and also as an ecosystem in which various applications and application components are contributed by different research groups around the world. It already hosts the largest publicly accessible corpora of argumentation and has the largest number of interoperable and cross compatible tools for the analysis, navigation…
Justify your alpha
Speakers who metaphorize together – argue together
Numerous studies on political discourse claim that metaphors help politicians to construct coherent arguments to convince their voters. Yet, most of them, with a few notable exceptions, do not adhere to any theory of argumentation. In this paper, we integrate Discourse Dynamic Approach to Metaphor with Inference Anchoring Theory to enhance our understanding of the interaction of metaphors and arguments in dynamic discourse. Our data come from thr…
Pathos in Natural Language Argumentation
In this paper, we present a model of pathos, delineate its operationalisation, and demonstrate its utility through an analysis of natural language argumentation. We understand pathos as an interactional persuasive process in which speakers are performing pathos appeals and the audience experiences emotional reactions. We analyse two strategies of such appeals in pre-election debates: pathotic Argument Schemes based on the taxonomy proposed by Wal…
Offensive language in reactions to public figures in polarised discourse online
Offensive language affects contemporary societies by hindering communication and increasing polarisation. In this study, we apply computational linguistics to investigate offensive reactions to public figures in the climate debate on Twitter across their roles and popularity. We also use sentiment analysis to inspect the accuracy of lexical criteria in detecting negative attitudes and examine the types of social media users based on the frequency…
Affective Valence in Posts on X (Formerly Twitter) and Evaluation of a Politician’s Image
The aim of this study was to examine whether the use of affective language by politicians impacts the social evaluation of their image, as measured by the semantic differential method developed by Cwalina et al.. In the study, Polish participants ( N = 958) evaluated the profiles of three well-known Polish politicians from different parties: Bosak (right-wing), Trzaskowski (center), and Biedroń (left-wing). Participants made evaluations before an…
The heart attack of the Polish health service
Metaphors, arguments and emotional appeals have considerable persuasive power in political discourse, yet they are rarely studied together. To explore the interactions between these interrelated phenomena, we employ three methods of analysis: Metaphor Identification Procedure, Inference Anchoring Theory, and lexicon-based sentiment analysis. Our data come from Polish political debates broadcasted during the 2019 pre-election campaign. We test hyp…
Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Argumentation theory (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)