ERIC Number: ED271959
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Apr
Pages: 12
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Access to the CHILDES Data Base, and CHILDES Transcript Coding Conventions.
MacWhinney, Brian, Ed.; And Others
Transcript Analysis, v3 n1 p99-108 Apr 1986
Two articles provide: (1) instructions for gaining telecommunications access to CHILDES, a child language database; and (2) the conventions guiding transcript coding in the database. The first article provides access instructions for telecommunications systems, the commands a user would need to know, and brief notes on searching and other aspects of file manipulation. The transcript coding conventions are for the 1.1 version of CHILDES. Included are notes on changes from the 1.0 version and instructions on coding conventions. The conventions include: auxiliary files, headers, the main textual line, dependent tiers, special symbols used to delimit utterances, and scoping or coreferencing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Child Language, Classification, Databases, Guidelines, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Search Strategies, Telecommunications, Time Sharing
Carnegie-Mellon University, Department of Psychology, 3328 Longbow, Pittsburgh, PA 15235.
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Vocabularies/Classifications; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. Dept. of Psychology.
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