xLDD: Extended Linguistic Dependency Diagrams

Extended Linguistic Dependency Diagrams are an innovative visualization of a data structure that is increasingly important in linguistics and language studies. It uses standard Info V is techniques in ways new to linguistic diagrams to encode more information than is possible with previous visualizations. The goal is to make the diagrams easier to use, by allowing easier identification of the parts of the diagram of interest to the user. In addition, we aim to construct reusable tools to aid in language analysis and study. Preliminary evaluation supports the validity of the approach and suggests further improvements.