An Open Diachronic Dataset of Requests in Italian: Annotation, Challenges and a Case Study
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.541 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Page range: 68 - 68
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2026
Accepted on: Apr 23, 2026
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