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The Human Communication Research Centre dialogue database*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Anne H. Anderson ,
Simon C. Garrod ,
Aileen Clark ,
Elizabeth Boyle  and
James Mullin
Anne H. Anderson*
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
Simon C. Garrod
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
Aileen Clark
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
Elizabeth Boyle
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
James Mullin
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
*
H.C.R.C., Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, 56 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 9YR, UK.
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Abstract

The HCRC dialogue database consists of over 700 transcribed and coded dialogues from pairs of speakers aged from seven to fourteen. The speakers are recorded while tackling co-operative problem-solving tasks and the same pairs of speakers are recorded over two years tackling 10 different versions of our two tasks. In addition there are over 200 dialogues recorded between pairs of undergraduate speakers engaged on versions of the same tasks. Access to the database, and to its accompanying custom-built search software, is available electronically over the JANET system by contacting liz@psy.glasgow.ac.uk, from whom further information about the database and a user's guide to the database can be obtained.

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Notes and Discussion
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , October 1992 , pp. 711 - 716
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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This research was supported by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (RC00232458), and the researchers gratefully acknowledge their assistance. We thank the staff and pupils from the participating schools for their help.

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