Negative / positive words: ratings, dictionary

The article describes an algorithm of rating Top 1000 frequent Russian words of different parts of speech, namely, Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs, as negative or positive. The algorithm was implemented via the Yandex Toloka online tool. The ratings were implemented using a bipolar scale ranging from 1 to 9, where 1 meant a negative word, and 9 meant a positive one. The ratings received from 1000 respondents showed the prevalence of neutral (478) and positive (436) words among Top 1000 frequent Russian words. The obtained polarity ratings were used to compile an electronic dictionary of negative / positive words.