ABSTRACT
The process of classification and labeling is commonly referred to as “coding,” and on the surface, coding appears to be a relatively simple task: (a) identify the information that you wish to recover, (b) select mnemonic abbreviations or numbers as codes to represent that information, and (c) do itmatch codes to actual cases in your data base. In language research, this can involve the characterization of a number of linguistic and contextual features from phonology to event structure. For example, consider the following exchange:
Wife: Katie left her coat. Husband: Uh oh.
