Out of the Baby Book and Into the Computer: Child Language Research Comes of Age: Review of The CHILDES Project, Vol 1, Tools for Analyzing Talk Transcription Format and Programs. Vol. 2: Tools for Analyzing Talk The Databases. Brian MacWhinney

Authors

J B. Gleason
R Bruce Thompson PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

2002

Publication Title

Contemporary Psychology

Keywords

computer programs, child language data exchange system, CHILDES, developmental psycholinguistics, language development

Abstract

'If you build it, they will come' is Brian MacWhinney's favorite quotation. And his field of dreams is the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), which has profoundly altered the way we study children's acquisition of language.

Recommended Citation

Gleason, J. B., & Thompson, R. B. (2002). Out of the Baby Book and Into the Computer: Child Language Research Comes of Age: Review of The CHILDES Project, Vol 1, Tools for Analyzing Talk Transcription Format and Programs.Vol. 2: Tools for Analyzing Talk The Databases. Brian MacWhinney. Contemporary Psychology, 47, 391-394.