A flexible text analyzer based on ontologies: an application for detecting discriminatory language.

Language can be a tool to marginalize certain groups due to the fact that it may reflect a negative mentality caused by mental barriers or historical delays. In order to prevent misuse of language, several agents have carried out campaigns against discriminatory language, criticizing the use of some...

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Published in:Language Resources & Evaluation Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 185 - 216
Main Authors: Salguero, Alberto, Espinilla, Macarena
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2018
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        Discriminatory language
        Ontologies (Information retrieval)
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