Annotation uncertainty in the context of grammatical change

Abstract This paper elaborates on the notion of uncertainty in context annotation large text corpora, specifically focusing (but not limited to) historical languages. Such might be due to inherent properties language, for example, linguistic ambiguity and overlapping categories description, but could also caused by a lack expertise. By examining more detail, we identify sources, deepen our understanding nature different types encountered daily practice, discuss practical implications theoretical findings. can seen as an attempt reconcile perspectives main scientific disciplines involved corpus projects, linguistics computer science, develop unified view highlight potential synergies between these disciplines.