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From Linguistics to Practice: a Case Study of Offensive Language Taxonomy in Hebrew

  • Chaya Liebeskind
  • , Natalia Vanetik
  • , Marina Litvak

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The perception of offensive language varies based on cultural, social, and individual perspectives. With the spread of social media, there has been an increase in offensive content online, necessitating advanced solutions for its identification and moderation. This paper addresses the practical application of an offensive language taxonomy, specifically targeting Hebrew social media texts. By introducing a newly annotated dataset, modeled after the taxonomy of explicit offensive language of (Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk et al., 2023), we provide a comprehensive examination of various degrees and aspects of offensive language. Our findings indicate the complexities involved in the classification of such content. We also outline the implications of relying on fixed taxonomies for Hebrew.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNAACL 2024 - 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms, WOAH 2024, Proceedings of the Workshop
EditorsYi-Ling Chung, Zeerak Talat, Debora Nozza, Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Paul Rottger, Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, Agostina Calabrese
PublisherAssociation for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Pages110-117
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798891761056
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms, WOAH 2024 - co-located with NAACL 2024 - Mexico City, Mexico
Duration: 20 Jun 2024 → …

Publication series

NameNAACL 2024 - 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms, WOAH 2024, Proceedings of the Workshop

Conference

Conference8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms, WOAH 2024 - co-located with NAACL 2024
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMexico City
Period20/06/24 → …

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Software
  • Linguistics and Language

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