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CHILDES System Overview - Tools for studying conversational interactions and language

Learn about the CHILDES System, a data exchange system for studying conversational interactions. Access tools for transcript analysis, linguistic coding, and audio/video linking.

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CHILDES System Overview - Tools for studying conversational interactions and language

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  1. CHILDES SYSTEM OVERVIEWBy Uta Lam

  2. 1. What is CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  3. Child System Exchange Data Language

  4. CHIldLanguageDataExchangeSystem Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  5. 2. Why we need CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  6. Because….. You want to study what I say You want to investigate languages (Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/klapow/203398273/)

  7. CHILDES provides Tools for studying conversational interactions

  8. 3. Who started CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  9. Found in 1984 Concord MA Department of Psychology,Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

  10. The team Contact macw@cmu.edu ProgrammersLeonid Spektor Franklin Chen DirectorBrian MacWhinney

  11. members 4,500

  12. corpora 130

  13. published articles 1,500

  14. 4. Why we need a lot of data with CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  15. We needs LOTS of DATA. WHY? Universals and Differences Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvy/69385239/ Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvy/69385239/

  16. 5. Where is CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  17. http://childes.psy.cmu.edu visit CHILDES website at

  18. 6. How can I get the latest info of CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  19. Subscribe to the CHILDES Mailing Lists now!

  20. 7. What are the tools provided by CHILDES? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  21. The CHILDES system provides tools for studying conversational interactions, including Programs for transcript analysis Transcript database Methods for linguistic coding Systems for audio and video linking

  22. 8. What related software do I need? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  23. Quicktime player Adobereader Unicode fonts: Arial FixedSys Winzip BEFORE installing, you should have To read the media files To view the Manual To unzip the corpus To display the characters

  24. Download unicode fonts - STEP ONE

  25. Download unicode fonts - STEP TWO

  26. Download unicode fonts - STEP THREE

  27. 9. Where is the CHILDES program? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  28. The program available at CHILDES is called CLAN

  29. Download CLAN

  30. ClanX + ClanXu UnixClan ClanWin 4 versions are available  versions  No longer supported

  31. 9. I want to install CLAN to my Windows. HOW ? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  32. updated frequently download new version Download CLAN at ” Program and Database ” Section. Getting Started @ Windows (Photo Source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka/49602421)

  33. Double click the *.exe file downloaded and follow the instructions given by InstallShield After Download (Photo Source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka/49602421)

  34. 10. I have CLAN now. What should I do? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  35. CHAT Transcript System:How to record the conversation in a standard format at CHILDES. CLAN Program Manual:How to use the CLAN program Download the Manual for details

  36. 11. I just want to study the available language database.How? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  37. Click Database to download the Corpus from around the world

  38. View the corpus using WebData You can download the corpus and run the transcript in your local machine in this page. 1. Unzip the corpus into folders 2. Use CLAN program to open the *.CHA files. TWO ways to view the data

  39. Download the audio and video files here and place them in the same folder of the transcripts.. Download the bilingual corpus here. Local Transcripts

  40. On Window, right click the mouse >> save target as >> choose the directory for this zip file. On Mac, click the link and it will save automatically. e.g. Download YipMatthews bilingual corpus

  41. Unzip the downloaded corpus by right click the mouse >> extract here Unzip the corpus files (Photo Source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka/49602421)

  42. Unzip the corpus files 1. After extraction, folders, which contains *.cha under names of children being investigated, will place inside a folder. 2. Each folder contains *.cha files, which are transcripts of the bilingual children. (Photo Source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka/49602421)

  43. This is a transcript in CHAT format (*.cha file)

  44. %mor=morphological tier, list parts of speech “n” is NOUN, “PL” is plural, so “friends” is a plural noun FAT=Father, he is saying “what’s bear doing?” CHI=children, saying “writing a letter, letter” Zoom inside a transcript

  45. Download the Manual for more

  46. 12. How can I read transcripts together with audio & video files? Photo source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/740583 ; royal free under usage option

  47. 2. Open the CHA file Click Mode >>Sonic Mode>>Locate the audio file. 1. Put the corresponding audio and *.cha files in the same folder 4. Either use Esc+8 OR Click Mode >> Continuous playback 3. Audio Wave of the sound file will pop up inside the CLAN window. Playback with audio file (Photo Source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka/49602421)

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