Purchase of Transcription Software, Server Upgrade, and Computer Workstations for Advanced Video Analysis of Discourse

在国家科学基金会的支持下，乔尔·柯伊珀斯博士将购买一个基于计算机的系统，以促进语篇分析。该系统集成了音频和视频数据，因此研究人员不仅可以检查口语本身，还可以检查手势和面部表情在人类交流中扮演的关键角色。该仪器包括8个Power Mac 8500 AV计算机工作站、vPrism软件，该软件允许在同一计算机屏幕上将全屏实时数字视频与该数据的转录和注释链接起来，并允许对转录的单词进行关键字搜索。苹果还将购买一台Macintosh Power 8500 AV来运行vPrism软件。这个系统将被多个部门使用，包括人类学和语言学，以进行一些项目。这些研究包括对印度尼西亚会议中话题变化的研究，对话语随时间变化的对比分析，扎伊尔俾格米人与村庄和外国人的互动，以及失语症中指称交际的分析。增强的检索和分析能力将允许新的人种学和语言文献标准，并揭示人类行为的丰富的相互作用和交流方面。该仪器将被广泛用于教学目的，并将对本科生和研究生教育产生重大影响。

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Joel Kuipers will purchase a computer based system to facilitate the analysis of discourse. The system integrates audio and visual data and therefore allows researchers to examine not only spoken language per se but also the crucial role that gestures and facial expressions play in human communication. The instrumentation includes 8 Power Mac 8500 AV computer workstations, vPrism software which permits full-screen, real time digital video to be linked with transcriptions and annotations of that data on the same computer screen and permits key word searches on transcribed words. An Apple Macintosh Power 8500 AV will also be purchased to run the vPrism software. This system will be employed by multiple departments, including Anthropology and Linguistics to pursue a number of projects. These include study of topic changes in Indonesian meetings, the comparative analysis of discursive changes over time, interaction of Zairian pygmies with villages and foreigners and the analysis of referential communication in aphasia. The enhanced retrieval and analysis capabilities will permit new standards of ethnographic and linguistic documentation and reveal the richly interactional and communicative aspects of human behavior. The instrumentation will be extensively used for instructional purposes and have a significant impact on both undergraduate and graduate education.