Annotating disfluency in speech corporaVerdonik, Darinka (Avtor) filled pauserepetitionself-repairspoken languageprosodyThe paper investigates disfluencies in speech, defined as phenomena that typically disrupt the flow of speech and do not contribute to its primary propositional content. These phenomena typically include filled and silent pauses, self-repairs, repetitions, and related features. Rather than being treated as errors, disfluencies are conceptualized as an integral component of spoken interaction. A review of the most influential annotation schemes reveals that no single framework has been established as a generally accepted standard. Combining an inductive, data-driven approach with a critical analysis of existing categorizations, the study proposes a tailored, multi-layer annotation scheme. This scheme covers a broad range of phenomena previously identified as disfluencies in earlier frameworks. The evaluation demonstrates that the scheme is sufficiently clear and unambiguous, offers well-defined and appropriate categories, and is comparable to other contemporary schemes. The study contributes to the development of spoken-language resources for Slovenian and provides a foundation for future linguistic, psycholinguistic, and technological research.20262026-10-21 16:52:59Članek v reviji190073sl