Introduction: The Handbook of Linguistic Annotation

Abstract

The Handbook of Linguistic Annotation provides a comprehensive survey of the development and state-of-the-art for linguistic annotation of language resources, including methods for annotation scheme design, annotation creation, physical format considerations, annotation tools, annotation use, evaluation, etc. The volume is divided into two parts: Part I includes survey chapters on the various phases and considerations for an annotation project, and Part II consists of thirty-nine case studies describing major annotation projects for a broad range of linguistic phenomena.