Processing Child Language Data Using Croatian-Italian Bilingualism as a Case Study
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https://doi.org/10.15291/magistra.4660Keywords:
child language, first language acquisition, bilingualism, early language development, language processing, corpusAbstract
This paper provides insight into one aspect of processing child language data, using the transcription of an audio recording of the interaction between a bilingual girl and her mother as an example. Much of what we know today about early language development stems from child language corpora, created through recordings of spontaneous interactions between children and their parents, and the subsequent transcription of such collected language data (cf. Kuvač and Palmović, 2007; Behrens, 2008; Ordulj and Hržica, 2015). One method of transcribing and processing language data was developed for the needs of the CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System; MacWhinney, 2000). The aim of this paper is to present the application of that model and its standards in the transcription of audio recordings created within the project of constructing the bilingual Croatian-Italian child language corpus, MaLi (Batinić Angster and Angster, 2024). Using an example of the spontaneous speech production of a bilingual girl interacting with her mother, which takes place mostly in Italian, the paper will illustrate the transcription procedures of a one-hour audio recording using the CHAT (Codes for the Human Analysis of Transcripts; MacWhinney, 2000) program. Special attention will be given to marking developmental errors related to phonetic-phonological development and overgeneralization, as well as specific features of bilingual production, such as code-switching.
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