MERLIN: Multilingvální platforma pro evropské referenční úrovně
MERLIN: Multilingual Platform for Common Reference Levels
Author(s): Barbora Štindlová, Veronika ČurdováSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Computational linguistics
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: CEFR; learner corpus; reference levels; language testing; Czech; Italian; German language;
Summary/Abstract: The paper provides an overview of the motivation, development and major principles of the international project Merlin. The main output of this project is a unique trilingual learner corpus consisting of German, Italian and Czech. The corpus will be available as an online platform illustrating the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with authentic learner data and enabling users to explore authentic written learner productions and related metadata (e.g. age, first language of the learner, etc.). Each text in the corpus is linguistically analysed during the multiphase error annotation. This process raises some problematic issues concerning the particularly specific character of Czech as a Slavic language. The paper summarises some of these problems and their possible solutions.
Journal: Časopis pro moderní filologii
- Issue Year: 97/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 190-200
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Czech