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Computational Tools for Analysing Talk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Kim Plunkett
Kim Plunkett
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, Aarhus University, Asylvej 4, 8240 Risskov, Denmark.
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Abstract

The Child Language Data Exchange System — CHILDES — is the largest child language archive in the world. The archive includes a wide range of languages covering both normal and abnormal populations. The database is freely accessible to the research community and the user is supported with guidelines for carrying out transcription work and software packages for the automatic analysis of transcriptions. The article provides a brief overview of the CHAT transcription notation and the CLAN programs that can be used to analyse transcripts written in CHAT format. Current drawbacks of the CHILDES system are discussed and some pointers to future developments higlighted.

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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , December 1990 , pp. 187 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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