Child-directed Speech

Goals

• Sound files & transcripts of speech to babies
  
  
• Shed light on native language acquisition by:
  
  
  • Analyzing transcripts directly
    (Brent & Siskind, in press, Cognition)
  • Analyzing audio files directly
  • Using as input to learning simulations
    
    
• Community resource through CHILDES database
  
  
• Personnel
  
  
  • Angela Pelch & Bridget Gartner (recording & transcription)
  • Chaochun Wei (automatic audio analysis)