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title = "An Annotation Protocol for Diachronic Evaluation of Semantic Drift in Disability Sources",
author = "Jain, Nitisha and
Di Bonaventura, Chiara and
Merono Penuela, Albert and
McGillivray, Barbara",
editor = "Peng, Siyao and
Rehbein, Ines",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 19th Linguistic Annotation Workshop (LAW-XIX-2025)",
month = jul,
year = "2025",
address = "Vienna, Austria",
publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2025.law-1.13/",
doi = "10.18653/v1/2025.law-1.13",
pages = "160--172",
ISBN = "979-8-89176-262-6",
abstract = "Annotating terms referring to aspects of disability in historical texts is crucial for understanding how societies in different periods conceptualized and treated disability. Such annotations help modern readers grasp the evolving language, cultural attitudes, and social structures surrounding disability, shedding light on both marginalization and inclusion throughout history. This is important as evolving societal attitudes can influence the perpetuation of harmful language that reinforces stereotypes and discrimination. However, this task presents significant challenges. Terminology often reflects outdated, offensive, or ambiguous concepts that require sensitive interpretation. Meaning of terms may have shifted over time, making it difficult to align historical terms with contemporary understandings of disability. Additionally, contextual nuances and the lack of standardized language in historical records demand careful scholarly judgment to avoid anachronism or misrepresentation."
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%Y Rehbein, Ines
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%X Annotating terms referring to aspects of disability in historical texts is crucial for understanding how societies in different periods conceptualized and treated disability. Such annotations help modern readers grasp the evolving language, cultural attitudes, and social structures surrounding disability, shedding light on both marginalization and inclusion throughout history. This is important as evolving societal attitudes can influence the perpetuation of harmful language that reinforces stereotypes and discrimination. However, this task presents significant challenges. Terminology often reflects outdated, offensive, or ambiguous concepts that require sensitive interpretation. Meaning of terms may have shifted over time, making it difficult to align historical terms with contemporary understandings of disability. Additionally, contextual nuances and the lack of standardized language in historical records demand careful scholarly judgment to avoid anachronism or misrepresentation.
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Markdown (Informal)
[An Annotation Protocol for Diachronic Evaluation of Semantic Drift in Disability Sources](https://aclanthology.org/2025.law-1.13/) (Jain et al., LAW 2025)
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