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Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs

  • Amina Mettouchi , Graziano Savà and Mauro Tosco
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Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages
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Abstract

One of the aims of CorpAfroAs is to allow queries within and across the language samples composing the corpus. Through the study of phenomena represented in several languages of the corpus (directional morphemes, case, and gender) we show that CorpAfroAs indeed allows the retrieval of a body of data amenable to cross-linguistic comparison, within the Afroasiatic phylum and beyond. However, given the annotation scheme of the corpus, the retrieval of relevant data has to rely on information given in the accompanying grammatical sketches.

Abstract

One of the aims of CorpAfroAs is to allow queries within and across the language samples composing the corpus. Through the study of phenomena represented in several languages of the corpus (directional morphemes, case, and gender) we show that CorpAfroAs indeed allows the retrieval of a body of data amenable to cross-linguistic comparison, within the Afroasiatic phylum and beyond. However, given the annotation scheme of the corpus, the retrieval of relevant data has to rely on information given in the accompanying grammatical sketches.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.68.07met

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
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