Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This study extends our previous work on a rule-based sentiment analysis system for Macedonian text [10], which relied on handcrafted lexicons and linguistic rules.We now investigate the integration of these rule-based features with supervised machine learning classifiers, specifically Logistic Regression (LR) and Support Vector Machines (SVM), to improve sentiment classification performance.Lexicon-derived features, including polarity, intensifiers, diminishers, and negation handling, are combined with statistical models to evaluate their impact.Experimental results show that the hybrid approach substantially outperforms the rule-based baseline, increasing the mean F1 score from 73.5% to 86.7% for SVM and 86.4% for LR.Paired t-tests confirm that these improvements are statistically significant (p < 0.001), while Wilcoxon tests indicate a strong trend (p = 0.0625).These findings demonstrate that integrating rule-based linguistic features with machine learning classifiers provides a robust framework for sentiment analysis in under-resourced languages such as Macedonian.
Authors: Sofija Kochovska, Branko Kavšek, Jernej Vičič
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7225701256