Talkbank

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The goal of TalkBank is to foster fundamental research in the study of human communication with an emphasis on spoken communication. Data in TalkBank have been contributed by hundreds of researchers working in over 34 languages internationally who are committed to principles of open data-sharing. Data in TalkBank use a consistent XML-compatible representation called CHAT which facilitates automatic analysis and searching, using open-source and free programs we have developed.


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Language(s) :

34 languages

Types : multilingual corpus
Domain : first language acquisition second language acquisition conversation analysis classroom discourse aphasic language animal communication gesture and sign text discourse
Size : Over 8TB of annotated media
Developer : Brian MacWhinney
Availability : Free
Update: established in 2002 and continues to receive contribution