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

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，乔尔·库佩斯博士将购买一个基于计算机的系统，以促进话语分析。该系统集成了音频和视频数据，因此研究人员不仅可以研究口语本身，还可以研究手势和面部表情在人类交流中的关键作用。仪器包括8台Power Mac 8500 AV计算机工作站，vPrism软件，该软件允许全屏、真实的时间数字视频与同一计算机屏幕上的数据的转录和注释相联系，并允许对转录的单词进行关键词搜索。还将购买Apple Macintosh Power 8500 AV来运行vPrism软件。 该系统将被多个部门采用，包括人类学和语言学，以进行一些项目。这些研究包括印尼会议的主题变化，随着时间的推移，话语变化的比较分析，扎伊尔俾格米人与村庄和外国人的互动和失语症的参考沟通的分析。增强的检索和分析能力将允许人种学和语言文献的新标准，并揭示人类行为的丰富的互动和交流方面。该仪器将广泛用于教学目的，并对本科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.