Robust Sociolinguistic Methodology: Tools, Data and Best Practices

Christopher Cieri, Stephanie Strassel
2003 unpublished
TalkBank: (www.talkbank.org) an interdisciplinary research project funded by a 5-year grant (BCS-998009, KDI, SBE) to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania. -The TalkBank coordinators are Brian MacWhinney (CMU) and Christopher Cieri (Penn). Co-P.I.'s are Mark Liberman (Penn) and Howard Wactlar (CMU). Steven Bird (Melbourne) consults. -Foster fundamental research in the study of human and animal communication. TalkBank will provide standards and tools for creating,
more » ... ng, and publishing primary materials via networked computers. -15 disciplinary groups were identified in the TalkBank proposal; six have received focused efforts: Animal Communication, Classroom Discourse, Conversation Analysis, Linguistic Exploration, Gesture, Text and Discourse and Technical Development. In 2002, Sociolinguistics added as the seventh area on the strength of the DASL project  NWAVE 32,
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