Workshops

Compiling, Annotating, and Analyzing Spoken Corpora

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Abstract

Corpus-based analyses of spoken discourse have provided directions for empirical investigations of linguistic features in various types of formal and informal conversations. Work in this area has incorporated corpus-based methods in analyzing a range of academic and professional registers, and various recent innovations aremaking it possible, albeit slowly, to successfully merge corpus approaches with those employed in studies of segmental and suprasegmental pronunciation. This paper presents highlights of a workshop and a demonstration overviewing the process of designing,compiling, and annotating spoken corpora for participants at the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference 2019. The theme of PSLLT 2019 focused on the many important contributions of corpus linguistics (CL) to the field ofpronunciation teaching and learning, including future directions in quantitative and CL-informed analyses. Domains discussed include English-based, cross-cultural workplace spoken interactions in settings such as outsourced call centers (business telephone transactions), pilot-air traffic controller communications (Aviation English radio-telephony), and office interactions with workers who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. A model of an iterative research cycle with corpora, which combines computational approaches to data extraction and analyses, and a progression of stages involving quantitative and qualitative, interpretive techniques is discussed. Available tools that could be used in compiling and annotating spoken corpora across various settings and conditions are presented.

How to Cite:

Friginal, E., (2019) “Compiling, Annotating, and Analyzing Spoken Corpora”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 11(1).