Analysis of Funniness of Japanese Puns Focused on Onomatopoeia Words towards Automatic Generation of Puns

Abstract

We strive to develop a dialog system which have a sense of humor in order to improve user satisfaction. We have constructed a large Japanese pun database. According to the analysis of the puns, onomatopoeia words assume an important role. We analyzed funniness of Japanese puns focused on onomatopoeia words. In this article, we report the result of the analysis and discuss a Japanese pun generation method.