Article published in:
The Functional Perspective on Language and Discourse: Applications and implicationsEdited by María de los Ángeles Gómez González, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco Gonzálvez-García and Angela Downing
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 247] 2014
► pp. 57–86
Contrastive corpus annotation in the CONTRANOT project
Issues and problems
Julia Lavid | Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Marta Carretero | Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Jorge Arús-Hita | Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Lara Moratón | Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla | Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
In this paper we outline a number of issues and problems which arise during
the process of contrastive human-coded corpus annotation of certain semantic
and discourse categories within the framework of the CONTRANOT project,
aimed at the creation and validation of contrastive functional descriptions
through corpus analysis and annotation. Human-coded corpus annotation is a
preliminary step for the training of computer algorithms which allow the automation
of the annotation of large corpora, but it can also serve as a mechanism
for testing aspects of linguistic theories empirically, such as theory formation
and theory-redefinition, as well as enriching theories with quantitative information.
The work reported in this paper focuses on the annotation of the category
of Thematisation, on the one hand, and on Modality, on the other, to illustrate
the challenges researchers have to face when confronted with the task of developing
well-designed and reliable annotation procedures for complex linguistic
phenomena in a contrastive manner. We describe the annotation tasks and
procedures developed so far, which include the design of annotation schemas
on the basis of available linguistic theories and the testing of their reliability
through agreement studies. We also evaluate and discuss the results of the annotations
on the basis of their relevance for the theoretical characterisation of the
investigated phenomena. We expect that our work will have an impact in the
area of contrastive textual analysis, and that it will pave the way for the development
of automated annotation systems for computational applications.
Published online: 16 May 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.247.04lav
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.247.04lav
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