A Reasonably Language Independent, Heuristic Algorithm for the Marking of Names in Running Texts

0. Introduction T h e id en tifica tio n o f n am es an d abbrev ia tions in a ra w te x t is a n im p o rtan t sub ac tiv ity in the "to k en iza tio n " p ro cess , i.e . th e id en tifica tion o f th e b as ic u n its o f th e tex t: parag raphs, sen ten ces a n d w ords. T o k en iza tio n is in its tu rn an im p o rtan t su b ac tiv ity in th e "norm alization" o f tex ts , th e to ta lity o f o p era tio n s and p repara tions a te x t has to u n d erg o b efo re it is su itab le fo r be in g ad d ed to a te x t co rpus.