A new corpus annotation framework for Latin diachronic lexical semantics

We present a new corpus-based resource and methodology for the annotation of Latin lexical semantics, consisting of 2,399 annotated passages of 40 lemmas from the Latin diachronic corpus LatinISE. We also describe how the annotation was designed, analyse annotators’ styles, and present the prelimina...

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Autores: McGillivray, Barbara, Kondakova, Daria, Burman, Annie, Dell’Oro, Francesca, Bermúdez Sabel, Helena, Marongiu, Paola, Márquez Cruz, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/99063
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99063
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:81
Annotation
LatinISE corpus
Latin lexical semantics
Semantic change
Humanidades
57 Lingüística
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Sumario:We present a new corpus-based resource and methodology for the annotation of Latin lexical semantics, consisting of 2,399 annotated passages of 40 lemmas from the Latin diachronic corpus LatinISE. We also describe how the annotation was designed, analyse annotators’ styles, and present the preliminary results of a study on the lexical semantics and diachronic change of the 40 lemmas. We complement this analysis with a case study on semantic vagueness. As the availability of digital corpora of ancient languages increases, and as computational research develops new methods for large-scale analysis of diachronic lexical semantics, building lexical semantic annotation resources can shed new light on large-scale patterns in the semantic development of lexical items over time. We share recommendations for designing the annotation task that will hopefully help similar research on other less-resourced or historical languages.