Social Pronoun Analysis

This repository contains Python scripts used for analysing the data from the database(s) of Bluesky posts that was collected with the Bluesky Language Feed Generator.

Questions this code should answer

What kinds of words are associated with this pronoun?

• negations (no, nah, nope, naw)
• affirmations (yes, yeah, yep, yeh)
• profanities (shit, fuck, ass)
• personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it)

How is the pronoun used?

• position in the discourse
• capitalized / lowercased
• added vowels / consonants
• surrounding words

What's going on in the discourse

• word count
• emojis
• sentiment

Usage

Pre-requisites

First, get the database(s) from the OSF project and put them in a folder.

Get details for a specific pronoun

Run this command:

python analyse.py -p <pronoun>

Expect: <pronoun>.results.md to be created in the a results directory, containing details about the pronoun.

Optional arguments:

• -d, --database <database>: Specify the database to use (default is bluesky.db).
• -o, --outputFile <output_file>: Specify the output file name (default is <pronoun>.results.md).
• -p <pronoun>: Specify the pronoun file name (default is bro), options include dude, bro, bruh, chat, sis, fam.
• -s, --profanities: Include profanities in the analysis (default is False).
• -n, --negations: Include negations in the analysis (default is False).
• -a, --affirmations: Include affirmations in the analysis (default is False).
• -e, --emojis: Include emojis in the analysis (default is False).
• -u, --usage: Display the posts for any of the data parameters provided (default is False).
• --allRows: Display every post using the pronoun in the analysis (default is False).

Get a summary of all pronouns

run this command:

python summarize.py -d <database> -o <output_file>

Expect: <output_file> to be created in the results directory, containing a summary of all pronouns in the database.

Optional arguments:

• -d, --database <database>: Specify the database to use (default is bluesky.db).
• -o, --outputFile <output_file>: Specify the output file name (default is summary.results.md).