The Koala Part-of-Speech Tagset for Written Swedish

We present the Koala part-of-speech tagset for written Swedish. The categorization takes the Swedish Academy grammar (SAG) as its main starting point, to fit with the current descriptive view on Swedish grammar. We argue that neither SAG, as is, nor any of the existing part-of-speech tagsets, meet...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Adesam, Gerlof Bouma
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Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2019-12-01
Series:Northern European Journal of Language Technology
Online Access:https://nejlt.ep.liu.se/article/view/1036
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description We present the Koala part-of-speech tagset for written Swedish. The categorization takes the Swedish Academy grammar (SAG) as its main starting point, to fit with the current descriptive view on Swedish grammar. We argue that neither SAG, as is, nor any of the existing part-of-speech tagsets, meet our requirements for a broadly applicable categorization. Our proposal is outlined and compared to the other descriptions, and motivations for both the tagset as a whole as well as decisions about individual tags are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-a4fabeff00d74cf2ac29b31f33c209942025-01-23T10:36:32ZengLinköping University Electronic PressNorthern European Journal of Language Technology2000-15332019-12-01610.3384/nejlt.2000-1533.1965The Koala Part-of-Speech Tagset for Written SwedishYvonne Adesam0Gerlof Bouma1Språkbanken, Department of Swedish, University of GothenburgSpråkbanken, Department of Swedish, University of Gothenburg We present the Koala part-of-speech tagset for written Swedish. The categorization takes the Swedish Academy grammar (SAG) as its main starting point, to fit with the current descriptive view on Swedish grammar. We argue that neither SAG, as is, nor any of the existing part-of-speech tagsets, meet our requirements for a broadly applicable categorization. Our proposal is outlined and compared to the other descriptions, and motivations for both the tagset as a whole as well as decisions about individual tags are discussed. https://nejlt.ep.liu.se/article/view/1036
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