ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the theoretical motivation for the annotation scheme of the Tübingen Interdisciplinary Corpus of Ambiguity Phenomena (TInCAP), which is a manually annotated collection of instances of ambiguity compiled by the interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) 1808 “Ambiguity: Production and Perception” at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Ambiguity is a key phenomenon in linguistics, literary studies, rhetoric, and media studies, and it is relevant for theology, psychology, and law, among others. TInCAP brings together a broad range of data from these disciplines in a single resource. We have developed an interdisciplinary annotation scheme which includes the classification of production vs. perception, strategic use vs. non-strategic use, as well as the different levels of communication. These distinctions are central to the research agenda of RTG 1808 and are complemented by further classification options. While the corpus is a useful resource for the RTG, it is also relevant for the general research community interested in ambiguity phenomena.
