markervorm

Markervorm, a Dutch term meaning “marker form,” is not a fixed technical concept with a single universal definition. In practice, it is used to describe the concrete realization of a marker—an element that signals a grammatical, functional, or classificatory category—with its exact meaning depending on the scientific context.

In linguistics, markervorm typically refers to the morphophonological realization of a marker such as a tense, agreement, case, or aspect marker. A single marker can have multiple markervormen (allomorphs) that appear in different phonological or syntactic environments. Analysts describe which forms correspond to which grammatical functions and how alternations arise through historical change or phonology.

In data annotation and markup, markervorm can denote the textual form used to encode a marker in a corpus, annotation scheme, or data store. This includes inline markers, tags, or attribute values that identify a segment, event, or feature. Consistency of markervormen is important for reliable parsing, retrieval, and analysis.

Because markervorm is not a universally standardized term, its precise definition is disclosed by authors at first use and depends on the field. It is related to concepts such as marker, form, morphology, allomorphy, and annotation schema.

See also: marker, form, morphology, allomorph, inflection, annotation, corpus linguistics.