Existing research often treats parliamentary discourse as a homogeneous whole, overlooking topic-specific patterns. Parliamentary speeches address a wide range of topics, some of which evoke stronger emotions than others. While everyone has intuitive assumptions about what the most emotive topics in a parliament may be, there has been little research into the emotions typically linked to different topics. This paper strives to fill this gap by examining emotion expression among the topics of parliamentary speeches delivered in Eduskunta, the Finnish Parliament, between 2000 and 2020. An emotion analysis model is used to investigate emotion expression in topics, from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The results strengthen evidence of increasing positivity in parliamentary speech and provide further insights into topic-specific emotion expression within parliamentary debate.

翻译：现有研究常将议会话语视为同质整体，忽视了主题特异性模式。议会演讲涉及广泛议题，其中某些主题比其他主题更能引发强烈情绪。尽管人们对议会中最具情绪性的议题存在直观假设，但针对不同主题通常关联的情绪特征研究尚显不足。本文通过分析2000至2020年间芬兰议会（Eduskunta）演讲中各主题的情绪表达，致力于填补这一研究空白。研究采用情绪分析模型，从共时与历时双重视角考察主题中的情绪表达。结果不仅强化了议会演讲中积极情绪日益增长的证据，更为议会辩论中特定主题的情绪表达机制提供了新的见解。