MIKROKOSMOS


Definitions of Attitudes

Note: This list provides brief definitions of the Attitudes. We are in the process of revising the definitions and scales for these, and hope to provide a more comprehensive working aid in the future.

  1. Evaluative

    Evaluative attitudes are held toward events, things, properties and relations among them. One can also evaluate another attitude. Evaluation goes from "The worst for the speaker" (value 0) to "The best for the speaker" (value 1.0).

  2. Saliency

    The value of saliency varies with the importance that the user attaches to a text component. High saliency is attached to entities that the speaker wants to be stressed.