% pubman genre = article @article{item_3332561, title = {{Towards a standardized annotation of rhyme judgments in Chinese historical phonology (and beyond)}}, author = {List, Johann-Mattis and Hill, Nathan W. and Foster, Christopher J.}, language = {eng}, issn = {1998-6769}, doi = {10.31826/jlr-2019-171-207}, publisher = {RGGU}, year = {2019}, date = {2019}, abstract = {{Although rhyme analysis plays a crucial role in the reconstruction of Old Chinese phonology,{\textless}br{\textgreater}the field has not yet developed a standardized annotation framework for rhyme judgments{\textless}br{\textgreater}applied to Ancient Chinese texts. Building on initial attempts to standardize crosslinguistic{\textless}br{\textgreater}data for the purpose of historical and typological language comparison (as part of{\textless}br{\textgreater}the Cross-Linguistic Data Formats initiative), we present a proposal for consistent and transparent{\textless}br{\textgreater}rhyme annotation. This proposal allows scholars to annotate the rhymes they identify{\textless}br{\textgreater}in historical texts in such a way that the judgments can be analyzed with computational tools{\textless}br{\textgreater}as well as conveniently inspected by scholars. Our framework is accompanied by software{\textless}br{\textgreater}tools and exemplary datasets, which were annotated by various scholars, and reflect not only{\textless}br{\textgreater}Chinese, but also contemporary poetry in different languages. In the paper, we present the{\textless}br{\textgreater}framework and also point to caveats and current insufficiencies in annotation. In doing so,{\textless}br{\textgreater}we hope to inspire more scholars working on Old Chinese reconstruction to share their{\textless}br{\textgreater}judgments, allowing others working in the field to improve, revise, and analyze them.}}, journal = {{Journal of Language Relationship}}, volume = {17}, number = {1}, pages = {26--43}, }