PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC ANNOTATION IN LANGUAGE CORPORA

This article discusses corpus linguistics with a particular focus on the linguistic annotation of dialectal corpora. It provides a detailed overview of various annotation types — lexical, morphological, syntactic, phonetic, semantic, pragmatic, and discursive — and explains their roles in identifying dialectal differences, supported by relevant examples. The paper also outlines the history of corpus annotation, including automatic and manually corrected methods, and presents commonly used annotation tools and formats. Through the analysis of dialectal units, the article highlights phonetic, semantic, and pragmatic variations across different regional dialects in Uzbekistan. It offers both theoretical and practical foundations for conducting systematic dialectological research within the framework of corpus linguistics.