Ritualized Expressions in Spanish as a Foreign Language Textbooks: Multimodal Pragmatic Annotation and Reliability of Large Language Models

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Large Language Models can be systematically evaluated against human annotators for their reliability in the multimodal pragmatic annotation of ritualized expressions in Spanish as a Foreign Language textbooks. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Basilio Andrés SALAS GONZALEZ

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20735888

June 3, 2026Open Access

Ritualized Expressions in Spanish as a Foreign Language Textbooks: Multimodal Pragmatic Annotation and Reliability of Large Language Models

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The study aims to analyze ritualized expressions in Spanish language textbooks and assess the reliability of Large Language Models for annotation.
Conducted a multimodal corpus analysis of greetings, farewells, and other expressions in Spanish textbooks.
Applied pragmatic annotation based on situational traits.
Compared automatic annotation results from Large Language Models with human annotations.
Identified key ritualized expressions and their pragmatic usage in Spanish textbooks.
Found discrepancies between AI and human annotation accuracy, highlighting areas for improvement.
Demonstrated that while language models provide useful insights, they may lack contextual understanding.

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Conference paper examines ritualized expressions in Spanish textbooks and compares human and AI annotation reliability.

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This conference paper presents a multimodal corpus study of ritualized expressions in Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) textbooks. The study examines greetings, farewells, interjections, vocatives, politeness formulae and profanities through pragmatic annotation based on situational traits. It also evaluates the reliability of Large Language Models as annotators and compares automatic annotation with human annotation. Presented at the II International Conference of Emerging Researchers in Philosophy and Language Sciences (PhiLanSci UAM 2026), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

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Basilio Andrés SALAS GONZALEZ (2026) studied this question.

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