LINDA BL 1.0. A Linguistic Digital Assistant for the Analysis of Block Language

Abstract

In this paper, we present and discuss a computer programme designed for the linguistic annotation and processing of corpora of Block Language (headlines, proverbs, graffiti, advertising headlines, cinema titles, etc.) in English. LINDA BL 1.0 (LINGUISTIC DIGITAL ASSISTANT FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BLOCK LANGUAGE version 1.0) was designed at the University of Murcia (Spain) to enable the user to study linguistic variation in the sentence structure of Block Language texts from a stylistic point of view and with reference to the social-semiotic environment of the context of situation of these varieties of language.