Computational Analysis of Child Language Transcript Data

描述(由申请者提供)：儿童语言数据交换系统(CHILDES)项目旨在通过提供分析现实世界面对面互动的新方法，扩大和加深我们对语言发展的科学理解。该项目前几个阶段开发的计算工具现在构成了对自发使用第一语言的发展进行新的实证研究的主要方法学基础。这项工作考察了语言发展的方方面面，包括单词学习、声音学习、语法发展和交际发展。所有这些方法和数据集都是免费提供给研究人员的。此外，使用这些工具收集的数据库现在是世界上最大的口语数据库。然而，我们可以通过构建更强大的计算工具来实现更高的效率和分析精度。该项目的下一阶段将开发新的技术，以支持语言发展研究中的分析方法。这些方法包括互动的快速计算机辅助转录、将单词自动分析为其组成部分、将单词自动链接到句法结构、用于搜索模式的简单用户界面、用于分析语音和手势之间的链接的系统、对研究小组之间的协作评论的基于网络的支持、以及用于在不同程序之间移动数据以进行替代分析的方法。此外，我们将通过构建新的基于网络的教学工具、新的用户界面以及举办研讨会和在会议上发表演讲来促进这些程序的使用。公共卫生意义为了帮助语言迟缓和障碍的儿童，我们需要了解关于语言学习的基本事实。Childes项目通过允许在一个大型数据库中快速搜索儿童学习语言的成绩单来实现这一点。这些工具还可以应用于其他与健康相关的领域，包括成人语言障碍的研究，如失语症和构音障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) Project seeks to broaden and deepen our scientific understanding of language development by providing new ways of analyzing real world face-to-face interactions. The computational tools that were developed in the previous phases of the project now constitute the primary methodological basis for new empirical research on the development of spontaneous use of a first language. This work has examined all aspects of language development, including word learning, sound learning, grammatical development, and communicative development. All of these methods and data sets are provided without charge to researchers. Moreover, the database that has been collected using these tools is now the largest spoken language database available anywhere. However, we can achieve still greater efficiency and analytic precision by building even more powerful computational tools. The next phase of this project will develop new techniques to support analytic methods in the study of language development. These methods include rapid computer-assisted transcription of interactions, automatic analysis of words into their component parts, automatic linkage of words into syntactic structures, a simple user interface for searching for patterns, a system for analyzing links between speech and gesture, web-based support for collaborative commentary between research groups, and methods for moving data between different programs for alternative analyses. In addition, we will promote the use of these programs by constructing new web-based teaching tools, a new user interface, and conducting workshops and presentations at conferences. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE To help children with language delays and disorders, we need to understand the basic facts about language learning. The CHILDES project does this by allowing rapid searching for developmental patterns across a large database of transcripts from children learning language. These tools can also be applied to other health- related areas, including the study of adult language disorders, such as aphasia and dysarthria.