SVALA: Annotation of Second-Language Learner Text Based on Mostly Automatic Alignment of Parallel Corpora

Annotation of second-language learner text is a cumbersome manual task which in turn requires interpretation to postulate the intended meaning of the learner’s language. This paper describes SVALA, ...

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