The Role of Context to Detect Conflict Expression in Text

Philippe Herr, Nada Matta

2025

Abstract

The notion of context, present since Antiquity, has gained increasing importance across various fields such as linguistic semantics, cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence (AI), and natural language processing (NLP) since the 1980s. In text analysis, a distinction is made between “internal context” (textual elements surrounding a linguistic item) and “external context” (circumstances surrounding the production of a fact or process). Context is thus crucial both for determining the meaning of linguistic signs and for interpreting texts Although NLP and generative AI systems simulate linguistic exchanges, they often lack explicit internal representations of contextualization processes This paper aims to shed light on what is meant by “context,” with a particular focus on “cultural context.” It specifically investigates the expression of conflictual elements that can be identified in texts through the activation of context.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Herr P. and Matta N. (2025). The Role of Context to Detect Conflict Expression in Text. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-769-6, SciTePress, pages 401-408. DOI: 10.5220/0013712000004000

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis25,
author={Philippe Herr and Nada Matta},
title={The Role of Context to Detect Conflict Expression in Text},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KMIS},
year={2025},
pages={401-408},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013712000004000},
isbn={978-989-758-769-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KMIS
TI - The Role of Context to Detect Conflict Expression in Text
SN - 978-989-758-769-6
AU - Herr P.
AU - Matta N.
PY - 2025
SP - 401
EP - 408
DO - 10.5220/0013712000004000
PB - SciTePress