From Corpus to Codings: Semi-Automating the Acquisition of Linguistic Features

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Abstract:

This paper describes a tool that facilitates the linguistic coding of corpus material, through the efficient prompting of the user for relevant categories. Linguistic features are organised in terms of an inheritance network to reduce the amount of coding effort. These codings can then be exported in a form readable by statistical packages.

• Introduction
• Pre-Preparation
• Feature Coding
• Post-Editing of Codings
• Exporting the Data for Statistical Analysis
• Summary
• Bibliography
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