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SturtzSreetharan, Cindi – Field Methods, 2020
Applying an approach termed "citizen sociolinguistics" offers a unique opportunity to capture a large corpus of naturally occurring language data, especially fleeting interactions. Drawing on citizen science innovations in the natural sciences, citizen sociolinguistics recruits and trains scientists to complete data-related tasks such as…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Computational Linguistics, Data Collection, Scientific Research
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Park, Kwanghyun; Kinginger, Celeste – Language Learning & Technology, 2010
The advance of digital video technology in the past two decades facilitates empirical investigation of learning in real time. The focus of this paper is the combined use of real-time digital video and a networked linguistic corpus for exploring the ways in which these technologies enhance our capability to investigate the cognitive process of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Processes, Computational Linguistics, Video Technology
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Perez, Elvira; Santiago, Julio; Palma, Alfonso; O'Seaghdha, Padraig G. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2007
This paper studies the reliability and validity of naturalistic speech errors as a tool for language production research. Possible biases when collecting naturalistic speech errors are identified and specific predictions derived. These patterns are then contrasted with published reports from Germanic languages (English, German and Dutch) and one…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), English, German, Indo European Languages
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MacWhinney, Brian; Snow, Catherine – Journal of Child Language, 1985
Describes the formation of the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), a system formed to foster the sharing of computerized data on language acquisition. Details the governance of the system, the nature of the database, the shape of the coding conventions, and the types of computer programs being developed. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Computational Linguistics, Data Collection, Databases
Francis, W. N. – 1975
The paper investigates the problems of assembling, describing and computerizing corpora, defined as collections of "texts assumed to be representative of a given language, dialect or other subject of a language, to be used for linguistic analysis." Specific reference is made to the formation of the Brown Standard Corpus. The formation of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Data Collection
Eschholz, Paul A.; Rosa, Alfred F. – The Leaflet, 1971
This article describes a project-oriented approach to teaching language awareness at the college freshman level. It is emphasized that it is important for students to realize that language is dynamic and that it changes because people change. The study of slang can make the student aware of the changeableness of a living language. Students were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Computational Linguistics, Data Collection