A Moral Foundations Dictionary for the European Portuguese Language: The Case of Portuguese Parliamentary Debates

Mafalda Zúquete; Diana Orghian; Flávio L. Pinheiro

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35995-8_30

A Moral Foundations Dictionary for the European Portuguese Language: The Case of Portuguese Parliamentary Debates

Mafalda Zúquete, Diana Orghian, Flávio L. Pinheiro

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Abstract

Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) has shown that American
liberals and conservatives rely on fundamentally different moral principles, offering a different perspective on the deepening political divide in US politics. However, results outside the US have been less clear, particularly in countries with a more diverse political landscape that does not fall into the traditional Liberal/Conservative dichotomy. Here, we expand the Moral
Foundations Dictionary to European Portuguese, which we then use to analyze 10 years of transcripts of parliamentary sessions using standard Data Science and Text Mining techniques. Despite a larger number of represented parties, we show that no traditional parties fall into the Conservative or Liberal characterization and that the political landscape in Portugal is relatively homogeneous with the major difference observed concerning the dichotomy between Government and the parliament.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational Science – ICCS 2023
Subtitle of host publication	23rd International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 3–5, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV
Editors	J. Mikyška, C. de Mulatier, M. Paszynski, V.V. Krzhizhanovskaya, J.J. Dongarra, P.M. Sloot
Place of Publication	Cham.
Publisher	Springer
Pages	421–434
Number of pages	14
Volume	Part. I
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-36027-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-36026-8, 9783031359941
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35995-8_30
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2023
Event	23th International Conference on Computational Science - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 3 Jul 2023 → 5 Jul 2023 Conference number: 23 https://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2023/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	10476
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	23th International Conference on Computational Science
Abbreviated title	ICCS 2023
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	3/07/23 → 5/07/23
Internet address	https://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2023/

Keywords

Moral Foundations Theory
Moral Foundations Dictionary
Political Discourse
Text Mining

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Zúquete, M., Orghian, D., & Pinheiro, F. L. (2023). A Moral Foundations Dictionary for the European Portuguese Language: The Case of Portuguese Parliamentary Debates. In J. Mikyška, C. de Mulatier, M. Paszynski, V. V. Krzhizhanovskaya, J. J. Dongarra, & P. M. Sloot (Eds.), Computational Science – ICCS 2023: 23rd International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 3–5, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV (Vol. Part. I, pp. 421–434). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10476). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35995-8_30

Zúquete, Mafalda ; Orghian, Diana ; Pinheiro, Flávio L. / A Moral Foundations Dictionary for the European Portuguese Language : The Case of Portuguese Parliamentary Debates. Computational Science – ICCS 2023: 23rd International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 3–5, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. editor / J. Mikyška ; C. de Mulatier ; M. Paszynski ; V.V. Krzhizhanovskaya ; J.J. Dongarra ; P.M. Sloot. Vol. Part. I Cham. : Springer, 2023. pp. 421–434 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Zúquete, M, Orghian, D & Pinheiro, FL 2023, A Moral Foundations Dictionary for the European Portuguese Language: The Case of Portuguese Parliamentary Debates. in J Mikyška, C de Mulatier, M Paszynski, VV Krzhizhanovskaya, JJ Dongarra & PM Sloot (eds), Computational Science – ICCS 2023: 23rd International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 3–5, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. vol. Part. I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10476, Springer, Cham., pp. 421–434, 23th International Conference on Computational Science, Prague, Czech Republic, 3/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35995-8_30

A Moral Foundations Dictionary for the European Portuguese Language: The Case of Portuguese Parliamentary Debates. / Zúquete, Mafalda; Orghian, Diana; Pinheiro, Flávio L.
Computational Science – ICCS 2023: 23rd International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 3–5, 2023, Proceedings, Part IV. ed. / J. Mikyška; C. de Mulatier; M. Paszynski; V.V. Krzhizhanovskaya; J.J. Dongarra; P.M. Sloot. Vol. Part. I Cham.: Springer, 2023. p. 421–434 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10476).

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