Maite Taboada
@mtaboada.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of Linguistics @SFU. Discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, NLP, sentiment analysis, social media language, language of misinformation. she/her
Sounds like fun! I don't know AT at all, but open to learning more about it!
January 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Sounds like fun! I don't know AT at all, but open to learning more about it!
The paper:
Kolhatkar, V., N. Thain, J. Sorensen, L. Dixon and M. Taboada (2023) Classifying constructive comments. First Monday 28(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...
Kolhatkar, V., N. Thain, J. Sorensen, L. Dixon and M. Taboada (2023) Classifying constructive comments. First Monday 28(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...
January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The paper:
Kolhatkar, V., N. Thain, J. Sorensen, L. Dixon and M. Taboada (2023) Classifying constructive comments. First Monday 28(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...
Kolhatkar, V., N. Thain, J. Sorensen, L. Dixon and M. Taboada (2023) Classifying constructive comments. First Monday 28(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v...
We found good indicators of a constructive contribution *in news comments*:
- The comment provides evidence or a solution
- Promotes dialogue
- Addresses specific points (in the news article)
- May include personal stories or address personal experience as evidence
- The comment provides evidence or a solution
- Promotes dialogue
- Addresses specific points (in the news article)
- May include personal stories or address personal experience as evidence
January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We found good indicators of a constructive contribution *in news comments*:
- The comment provides evidence or a solution
- Promotes dialogue
- Addresses specific points (in the news article)
- May include personal stories or address personal experience as evidence
- The comment provides evidence or a solution
- Promotes dialogue
- Addresses specific points (in the news article)
- May include personal stories or address personal experience as evidence
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! Yes, we have worked on models of constructive conversations, with the folks at Jigsaw (the flipside of the toxicity detector).
January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! Yes, we have worked on models of constructive conversations, with the folks at Jigsaw (the flipside of the toxicity detector).
The article: doi.org/10.1007/s001...
Conflicting feelings: sociological and computational sentiment in workplace sentiment surveillance - AI & SOCIETY
Large employers are increasingly turning to sentiment analysis technologies as a form of corporate worker surveillance. Previous work has identified numerous problems with this trend, arguing that the...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The article: doi.org/10.1007/s001...
This was a group effort with colleagues at SFU's @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This was a group effort with colleagues at SFU's @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social
And yet, we see sentiment analysis everywhere. In this paper, we analyze the rhetoric of one particular company using sentiment analysis to gauge the employee happiness. You can imagine how that's going to go wrong. Bossware at its worst.
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
And yet, we see sentiment analysis everywhere. In this paper, we analyze the rhetoric of one particular company using sentiment analysis to gauge the employee happiness. You can imagine how that's going to go wrong. Bossware at its worst.
I have done research on sentiment analysis for years, trying to explain how it needs linguistically-informed methods. How you can't just "do sentiment analysis". How you can't just aggregate values and claim insight.
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I have done research on sentiment analysis for years, trying to explain how it needs linguistically-informed methods. How you can't just "do sentiment analysis". How you can't just aggregate values and claim insight.
On how not to do sentiment analysis:
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On how not to do sentiment analysis:
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
Last week, I visited @citius.gal, the Research Centre on Intelligent Technologies at the @usc.gal, my annual visit as a member of CiTIUS' Scientific Advisory Board.
Always great to see how well the Centre is doing.
And always such a pleasure to enjoy beautiful Santiago de Compostela!
Always great to see how well the Centre is doing.
And always such a pleasure to enjoy beautiful Santiago de Compostela!
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Last week, I visited @citius.gal, the Research Centre on Intelligent Technologies at the @usc.gal, my annual visit as a member of CiTIUS' Scientific Advisory Board.
Always great to see how well the Centre is doing.
And always such a pleasure to enjoy beautiful Santiago de Compostela!
Always great to see how well the Centre is doing.
And always such a pleasure to enjoy beautiful Santiago de Compostela!
Reposted by Maite Taboada
Congratulations to @sfulinguistics.bsky.social professor, @mtaboada.bsky.social, a finalist for the SSHRC Insight Award! The Insight Award recognizes outstanding achievement arising from SSHRC-funded initiatives which contributed to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world.
September 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Congratulations to @sfulinguistics.bsky.social professor, @mtaboada.bsky.social, a finalist for the SSHRC Insight Award! The Insight Award recognizes outstanding achievement arising from SSHRC-funded initiatives which contributed to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world.
I'm a finalist for the 2025 #SSHRC Insight Impact Award! What an honour to be selected as finalist!
Thank you, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, for supporting social sciences and humanities research across Canada.
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
Thank you, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, for supporting social sciences and humanities research across Canada.
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
September 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I'm a finalist for the 2025 #SSHRC Insight Impact Award! What an honour to be selected as finalist!
Thank you, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, for supporting social sciences and humanities research across Canada.
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
Thank you, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, for supporting social sciences and humanities research across Canada.
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025...
Reposted by Maite Taboada
And we’re also thrilled to announce that the next RaAM Conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain! Save the dates!
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And we’re also thrilled to announce that the next RaAM Conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain! Save the dates!
Amber Rynearson and I presented today at @raammetaphor.bsky.social, on our work trying to integrate different frameworks for metaphor identification.
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
August 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Amber Rynearson and I presented today at @raammetaphor.bsky.social, on our work trying to integrate different frameworks for metaphor identification.
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
Reposted by Maite Taboada
It has been a pleasure to present our research in #IPrA2025 at The University of Queensland (Australia).
Thanks, @cliff-goddard.bsky.social and Helen Bromhead (panel organizers), for your interest on our @uneduniv.bsky.social #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social) . 🤗
#PlainLanguage
#NLP
Thanks, @cliff-goddard.bsky.social and Helen Bromhead (panel organizers), for your interest on our @uneduniv.bsky.social #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social) . 🤗
#PlainLanguage
#NLP
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It has been a pleasure to present our research in #IPrA2025 at The University of Queensland (Australia).
Thanks, @cliff-goddard.bsky.social and Helen Bromhead (panel organizers), for your interest on our @uneduniv.bsky.social #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social) . 🤗
#PlainLanguage
#NLP
Thanks, @cliff-goddard.bsky.social and Helen Bromhead (panel organizers), for your interest on our @uneduniv.bsky.social #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social) . 🤗
#PlainLanguage
#NLP
IPrA in 2027 - Helsinki
June 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
IPrA in 2027 - Helsinki
Reposted by Maite Taboada
📢 19th International Pragmatics Conference
🗓️ June 22–27
🌏 Brisbane
🔗 pragmatics.international/page/Program...
M. Bermúdez, I. da Cunha (@uneduniv.bsky.social) & M. Taboada (@sfulinguistics.bsky.social) will present our #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social).
🗓️ June 22–27
🌏 Brisbane
🔗 pragmatics.international/page/Program...
M. Bermúdez, I. da Cunha (@uneduniv.bsky.social) & M. Taboada (@sfulinguistics.bsky.social) will present our #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social).
June 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
📢 19th International Pragmatics Conference
🗓️ June 22–27
🌏 Brisbane
🔗 pragmatics.international/page/Program...
M. Bermúdez, I. da Cunha (@uneduniv.bsky.social) & M. Taboada (@sfulinguistics.bsky.social) will present our #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social).
🗓️ June 22–27
🌏 Brisbane
🔗 pragmatics.international/page/Program...
M. Bermúdez, I. da Cunha (@uneduniv.bsky.social) & M. Taboada (@sfulinguistics.bsky.social) will present our #EUPlainTech project (@ageinves.bsky.social).
Oh, wow, Laura and Carmen! Two such lovely people. Say hi!
June 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Oh, wow, Laura and Carmen! Two such lovely people. Say hi!
Talk by Barbara Dancygier, one of the most prominent scholars in cognitive linguistics. And this one is about memes!
Join us via Zoom or at RCB 7402 on Thurs July 3rd, 12:30pm. More info: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
@sfufass.bsky.social @sfucmns.bsky.social @mtaboada.bsky.social @mglinguist.bsky.social
@sfufass.bsky.social @sfucmns.bsky.social @mtaboada.bsky.social @mglinguist.bsky.social
Constructions and stance: defining internet memes as a multimodal genre
"In this talk, I will focus in particular on two aspects of memetic grammar: the emergence of multimodal constructions and the expression and exchange of stance."
www.sfu.ca
June 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Talk by Barbara Dancygier, one of the most prominent scholars in cognitive linguistics. And this one is about memes!
E.g., here they are compared to other spoken registers. The mean factor scores are similar, but the spread for podcasts (purple box) is huge.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
E.g., here they are compared to other spoken registers. The mean factor scores are similar, but the spread for podcasts (purple box) is huge.
We show that podcasts are an emerging register of computer mediated communication, with lots of internal variability.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We show that podcasts are an emerging register of computer mediated communication, with lots of internal variability.
Jussi Karlgren, then at Spotify, gave us the idea of working on podcasts and was kind enough to zoom in to our class to give us background on their dataset.
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jussi Karlgren, then at Spotify, gave us the idea of working on podcasts and was kind enough to zoom in to our class to give us background on their dataset.