Working in the lab, how to get started
- Contact VanDam to for availability, options
- Read Yu & Kuo (2017) about undergraduate research success here
- Read VanDam et al (2016), OpenAccess available here
- Become familiar with recent published/presented work done in the lab here
- Download and install CLAN on a computer you can work on
- Read Bernstein-Ratner & Brundage and work through the examples, available here
- Access the TalkBank and CLAN tutorials here and complete the sections Introduction, Using the Website, Transcribing, and Linking
- Complete responsible research training (middle of the page, here); you will need to generate an electronic image (screen grab, PDF, JPEG, etc.) that verifies you have completed the modules.
If you’re (still) interested, set up a meeting with VanDam (again). There, you will need the following:
- A Google ID to access certain documents
- Read the HomeBank Vetting Manual
- Here is a template for working with CLAN files; either download it or copy and paste it into a new CHA file.
Update: we used to use markup that looked like thisyyy [=! xxx]
in CHAT transcriptions, but a better way looks like this&=vocalizes
. So some fragment of a CHAT file might look like this:*CHI: &=vocalizes . [+ nc] *CHI: &=vocalizes . [+ nc] *CHI: &=vocalizes . [+ nc] *CHI: &=babbles . [+ c] *CHI: &=whines . [+ r] *CHI: &=grunts . [+ nc] *MOT: let's change your diaper . [+ id]
Note that there is still a role for
[=! xxx]
. In cases of phrasal complexity, the transcriber may need to use more detail, including the[=! xxx]
format. The distinction between&=action:object
and[=! xxx]
is one between a point event and some modulation across a scoped event, respectively. Thus, to use notation such as[=! babbles]
, it should properly follow a scoped item set off in angle brackets like this:*CHI: <yyy a mama> [=! babbles] . [+c]
- A copy of successfully completed responsible research training (see (7) above)
- Official affiliation, either as employee or student (if you’re a student, you’ll likely need to register for SHS-490 or SHS-590)