language: natural human language

Scope

References to specific human languages, sets of human languages, and human language in general is annotated are annotated as language, regardless of specificity. Artificial languages such as programming languages as well as natural but (non-human) animal “languages” are out of scope of language annotation.

Syntactic constraints

Names and nominal mentions (see Span annotation: Name mention annotation and Nominal mention annotation)

Examples

References

Contrast plan (programming languages, data format specifications, etc.)