The Englishes of Ethnic Folk From Home Talkin to Testifyin Art Summary
Parts one-4 of the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English (SBCSAE) are at present available, for a total of approximately 249,000 words. The Santa Barbara Corpus includes transcriptions, audio, and timestamps which correlate transcription and sound at the level of private intonation units.
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Role i: LDC Catalog No. LDC2000S85
Part 2: LDC Catalog No. LDC2003S06
Part 3: LDC Itemize No. LDC2004S10
Part four: LDC Catalog No. LDC2005S25
A version of the Santa Barbara Corpus transcriptions in Conversation format, including metadata, is available for download hither; Conversation transcriptions of individual conversations are also bachelor here under Contents and Summaries.
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SBCSAE by John W. Du Bois is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Description
The Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English language is based on a large body of recordings of naturally occurring spoken interaction from all over the Usa. The Santa Barbara Corpus represents a wide diverseness of people of different regional origins, ages, occupations, genders, and ethnic and social backgrounds. The predominant form of language use represented is contiguous conversation, but the corpus also documents many other ways that that people use language in their everyday lives: telephone conversations, card games, food grooming, on-the-job talk, classroom lectures, sermons, story-telling, town hall meetings, bout-guide spiels, and more.
The Santa Barbara Corpus was compiled by researchers in the Linguistics Section of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Director of the Santa Barbara Corpus is John W. Du Bois, working with Acquaintance Editors Wallace L. Chafe and Sandra A. Thompson (all of UC Santa Barbara), and Charles Meyer (UMass, Boston). For the publication of Parts 3 and 4, the authors are John Westward. Du Bois and Robert Englebretson.
The Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English also forms role of the International Corpus of English (ICE). The Santa Barbara Corpus provides the master source of data for the spontaneous spoken portions of the American component of the International Corpus of English language. In order to meet the specific pattern specifications of the International Corpus of English language (allowing comparison between American and other national varieties of English language), the Santa Barbara Corpus information have been supplemented by boosted materials in certain genres (eastward.g. read speech), filling out the American component of Water ice.
Contents & Summaries
| Function 1 | Role 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |
| SBC001 Actual Blacksmithing | SBC015 Deadly Diseases | SBC031 Tastes Very Special | SBC047 On the Lot |
| SBC002 Lambada | SBC016 Tape Deck | SBC032 Handshakes All Around | SBC048 Mickey Mouse Sentinel |
| SBC003 Conceptual Pesticides | SBC017 Wonderful Abstract Notions | SBC033 Guilt | SBC049 Noise Pollution |
| SBC004 Raging Bureaucracy | SBC018 Vet Morning | SBC034 What Time is information technology Now? | SBC050 Just Wanna Hang |
| SBC005 A Book nearly Death | SBC019 Doesn't Work in this Household | SBC035 Hold My Breath | SBC051 New Yorkers Anonymous |
| SBC006 Cuz | SBC020 God's Love | SBC036 Judgmental on People | SBC052 Oh You Demand a Breadbox |
| SBC007 A Tree'due south Life | SBC021 Fear | SBC037 Very Good Tamales | SBC053 I Will Appeal |
| SBC008 Tell the Jury That | SBC022 Runway Heading | SBC038 Good Strong Dam | SBC054 'That's Good', Said Tiger |
| SBC009 Zero Equals Zero | SBC023 Howard'due south Stop | SBC039 Pretty Decorated Bird | SBC055 The Mama of Dada |
| SBC010 Letter of Concern | SBC024 Risk | SBC040 Beaten on a Regular Basis | SBC056 What is a Make Inspection? |
| SBC011 This Retirement Bit | SBC025 The Egg which Luther Hatched | SBC041 X Units of Insulin | SBC057 Throw Me |
| SBC012 American Republic is Dying | SBC026 Hundred Million Dollars | SBC042 Stay Out of It | SBC058 Swingin' Kid |
| SBC013 Gratify the Monster | SBC027 Atoms Hanging Out | SBC043 Attempt a Couple Spoonfuls | SBC059 Yous Broiled |
| SBC014 Bank Products | SBC028 Hey Cutie Pie | SBC044 He Knows | SBC060 Shaggy Dog Story |
| SBC029 Ancient Furnace | SBC045 The Classic Hooker | ||
| SBC030 Vision | SBC046 Flumpity-Bump Down the Hill |
SBC001 Bodily Blacksmithing
This is a chat recorded in rural Hardin, Montana. Mae Lynne is a pupil of equine science, and is the main speaker. She is telling Lenore (a visitor and near stranger) virtually her studies. Doris, Mae Lynne'southward mother, is doing housework, just joins the conversation near the end to talk over friends of their family unit.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC002 Lambada
After-dinner chat among iv friends in San Francisco, California. Participants are in their tardily twenties or early on thirties. Harold and Jamie are a married couple, Miles is a doctor, and Pete is a graduate student from Southern California.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC003 Conceptual Pesticides
A chat among three friends who are preparing dinner together, recorded in Southern California. Roy and Marilyn are a married couple, and Pete is a friend visiting from out of boondocks. All participants are in their early thirties.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC004 Raging Bureaucracy
Family chat recorded in Santa Iron, New Mexico. The master participants are three sisters all in their twenties.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC005 A Book About Expiry
A conversation betwixt a couple who are lying in bed, recorded in Santa Barbara, California.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC006 Cuz
A very lively interaction betwixt 2 female cousins in their mid-thirties, recorded in Los Angeles, California.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC007 A Tree's Life
Late-night conversation betwixt ii sisters, recorded in Montana.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC008 Tell the Jury that
Task related interaction--an attorney preparing two witnesses to testify in a criminal trial. Recorded in San Francisco, California. Rebecca is a lawyer, June and Rickie are the witnesses, and Arnold is Rickie'south husband.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC009 Null Equals Aught
Task-related talk, a teenage couple recorded in Mobile, Alabama. Kathy is helping her young man Nathan prepare for a math test.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC010 Letter of Concerns
A business conversation recorded in New Mexico. Brad and Phil are lath members of a local arts order. Phil wants to talk business, while Brad keeps trying to leave to option up his wife who's waiting for him at a bookstore.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC011 This Retirement Flake
A conversation among three friends before lunch, recorded in Tucson, Arizona. All three participants are retired women; Samantha (Sam) is 72, Doris is 83, and Angela is 90.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC012 American Democracy is Dying
University lecture, recorded in Riverside, California. This is a Chicano Studies class; the professor is the principal participant, although it is a small, summertime school class, and ix members of the course occasionally interact.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC013 Gratify the Monster
This is a family conversation/birthday political party, recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The five participants are family members: Kendra (the birthday daughter) and Kevin are siblings, Ken and Marci are their parents, and Wendy is Kevin's wife. This segment is highly interactional and contains a lot of overlap.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC014 Banking company Products
Job related talk—this is a loan officers meeting, recorded in a bank in a pocket-size town in rural southern Illinois. Joe and Fred are loan officers working for the bank. Jim is the president of the banking company, and Kurt is a board member.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC015 Deadly Diseases
A conversation amidst three friends, recorded in Los Angeles, California. Ken and Joanne are a couple, and Lenore is a friend of theirs.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC016 Tapedeck
A sales encounter, recorded in an sound shop in Santa Barbara. Tammy is planning to purchase a new tape deck. Brad, a salesman at the audio store, is discussing various tape decks which he is trying to sell her.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC017 Wonderful Abstract Notions
A conversation between two male person friends, recorded in Southern California.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC018 Vet Forenoon
A chore-related interaction recorded in a veterinarian office well-nigh Madison, Wisconsin. All five participants work in the office, some as secretaries and assistants and some every bit veterinarians.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC019 Doesn't Work in this Household
A family conversation, recorded in Michigan. Frank and Jan (a married couple) are talking with Ron--Jan's blood brother who is visiting from California. Brett and Melissa are Frank and Jan'south junior-high-historic period children, who are doing homework and also taking part in the conversation.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC020 God's Dear
A segment from a sermon/lecture recorded at a small conference almost Chicago, Illinois. The speaker is a pastor in his mid seventies.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC021 Fear
A segment from a rather lively sermon recorded in Boston, Massachusetts.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC022 Runway Heading
Task-related interaction, recorded in an air traffic control tower in Portland, Oregon. Lance is grooming to be an air traffic controller, and has but finished working a shift. Randy, an experienced controller, is giving Lance feedback/briefing on his performance on that shift.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC023 Howard'southward End
A segment from a book discussion grouping, recorded in Topeka, Kansas. The 11 participants are all women between the ages of 46 and 85.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC024 Risk
This segment consists of game-playing and game-teaching on a computer, and was recorded near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Jennifer and Dan are a couple in their early twenties.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC025 The Egg which Luther Hatched
This is a segment from a lecture on the history and theology of Martin Luther, office of an evening class held at a church building, recorded in Delaware.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC026 Hundred One thousand thousand Dollars
This is a city meeting, recorded in Chicago, Illinois. City officials collaborate with the public nearly a government grant which is being practical for, to fund customs development. The city can only apply once, then are soliciting applications from various organizations and will submit the one they guess as all-time.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC027 Atoms Hanging Out
An entertaining science lecture and demonstration, recorded at a large public science museum in Chicago, Illinois.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC028 Hey Cutie Pie
A very intimate long-distance telephone conversation betwixt a romantic couple in their early on twenties, which took identify between Pennsylvania and California.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC029 Ancient Furnace
This is a business conversation recorded in Northern California between Seth and Larry, who are meeting for the get-go time. Seth works as an engineer who designs, installs, and sells heating and ac units. Larry has invited him to his home to requite him an guess.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC030 Vision
A segment from a sermon, recorded at a large Baptist church in Chicago, Illinois.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC031 Tastes Very Special
Contiguous conversation recorded in a eating house in Pullman, Washington. Sherry and Beth are sisters (in their late twenties), and Rosemary is their female parent. The participants discuss what to social club for lunch, interact with the waitress (Jamie) and engage in talk nigh family and friends while waiting for their food.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC032 Handshakes All Around
A contiguous conversation that takes place at an outdoor neighborhood 'block party' in Santa Iron, New Mexico. The three main participants are neighbors, historic period 60 and up, all of whom happen to be named Tom. Give-and-take centers on life histories, World War 2 experiences, and neighborhood gossip. The three are briefly joined past Tucker (the daughter of Tom_1), and Elaine (the wife of Tom_3).
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC033 Guilt
A lively family argument/word recorded at a holiday abode in Falmouth, Massachusetts. There are eight participants, all relatives or shut friends. Word centers around a disagreement Jennifer (historic period 23) is having with her mother (Lisbeth).
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC034 What Time is it At present?
A late-night face-to-face conversation recorded in Northampton, Massachusetts. Participants are a married couple (Karen and Scott) in their early twenties. Karen has only returned home from work, and the two are talking while winding downward for the evening.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC035 Hold my Breath
Lively family argument/discussion recorded in the kitchen of a family habitation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC036 Judgmental on People
Face-to-face chat recorded in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In that location are three participants and a baby. Lisa and Kevin are siblings, Marie (the baby's mother) is a friend of Lisa's. Much of the speech outcome focuses on interaction with, and talk about, the infant, likewise as gossip about friends and co-workers.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC037 Very Proficient Tamales
Breezy, task-related (cooking) talk recorded in the kitchen of a family habitation in Corpus Christi, Texas. A family unit is making tamales. Chief participants are Julia (an lxxx-twelvemonth-old woman), her daughter (Dolores), and grandson (Shane). They are briefly joined by Kate (Shane'southward sister) who is watching Television set in another room. The segment contains occasional codeswitching (English/Spanish).
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC038 Adept Strong Dam
This segment is part of a bout of Hoover Dam, on the Nevada-Arizona border. The presentation is highly skillful. The master speaker also answers audience questions.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC039 Pretty Busy Bird
Chore-related talk, a training meeting recorded at an aquarium in Chicago, Illinois.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC040 Beaten on a Regular Ground
Scripted tour of the Kentucky Horse Park / Museum. Presenter also addresses questions from the audition.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC041 X Units of Insulin
Medical interaction recorded in Southern California. A patient (Paige) is consulting with her dietician (Kristen) regarding management of diabetes.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC042 Stay out of It
Family argument and task-related talk, recorded in Pasco, Washington. The recording begins in a auto, and moves to the kitchen of a family habitation. Chief participants are iii teenage sisters (Sabrina, Kendra, and Marlena), their female parent (Kitty), and footstep-father (Curt). A friend of Sabrina's (Gemini) is also present. The dispute centers around Kitty'due south belief that Kendra stayed the night at a friend's house without permission, something which Kendra denies having done. Argument and shouting is interspersed with Saturday-morning housekeeping chores such equally doing dishes and laundry.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC043 Attempt a Couple Spoonfuls
Contiguous chat recorded in the living room of a private home in Boise, Idaho, between Alice (a nurse, age 49) and her daughter Annette (a student and bank employee, age 24). Topics center mostly on their work day, as well as mutual acquaintances.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC044 He Knows
Face-to-face conversation recorded in the living room of a private home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two friends (Cam and Lajuan) are talking about their families and friends, and their own experiences as gay men.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC045 The Classic Hooker
Face up-to-face chat recorded in the living room of an apartment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two friends (Corinna and Patrick) are talking and watching TV. Topics are at times rather raunchy.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC046 Flumpity-Bump Down the Hill
Medical interaction, recorded in Shreveport, Louisiana. A patient (Darren) is consulting with his orthopedist (Reed) regarding a knee injury from a recent skiing accident.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC047 On the Lot
Confront-to-face conversation between two cousins (Fred and Richard) in their early thirties, recorded in a private home in east Los Angeles, California. Topics include Richard's new job selling cars, Fred's frustration with factory work, and Richard's recent breakup with his girlfriend.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC048 Mickey Mouse Watch
Christmas morn traditions and souvenir-commutation amongst family members, recorded in Fresno, California. Tim and Lea are a couple in their late fifties, Judy is their daughter, and Dan is Judy'south young man.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC049 Noise Pollution
Face up-to-face chat recorded at an outdoor family birthday party nearly Boston, Massachusetts. At that place are ten speakers, all related. Four siblings in their mid thirties to mid forties: Dan, Al, Lucy, and Annette. Allen (Sr.), age 76, is their begetter. Al and Annette are twins. Linda is Al's wife, John is Annette's husband. Dave and Jane are Al and Linda's children. Glen is Lucy's son. Topics centre primarily on recent renovations to Lucy'due south domicile.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC050 Just Wanna Hang
Confront-to-face conversation amongst 4 roommates, recorded in a shared apartment in Burlington, Vermont. Speakers are all students at the University of Vermont, women ages twenty-21. Speakers engage in small-talk, brand plans for the evening, and discuss household matters.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC051 New Yorkers Bearding
Conversation recorded before and during dinner, in a private dwelling house in Laguna Beach, California. At that place are four speakers, ranging in historic period from mid forties to early fifties. Sean and Bernard are a couple, Fran is a long-fourth dimension friend visiting from New York. Alice is as well a friend of Sean and Bernard, just had never met Fran. Word focuses on travels, and reminiscing about New York Urban center.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC052 Oh Y'all Need a Breadbox
Phone conversation between family members at Christmas. Andrew and Cindy, a couple in their mid forties in Albuquerque, NM, are calling Andrew'southward sisters in San Antonio, Texas. Discussion centers primarily on Christmas and Christmas gifts, and topics prompted by recent television news shows.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC053 I Will Appeal
Task-related talk recorded in a minor claims court in Santa Barbara, California. This segment consists of a judge pro tem hearing and deciding ii cases.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC054 'That'south Adept', Said Tiger
Public storytelling outcome recorded after a church building potluck in Chicago, Illinois. The speaker, a professional person storyteller in her mid forties, tells several stories and interacts with the audition.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC055 The Mama of Dada
Public lecture/forum in Santa Barbara, California. Noted artist and ceramist Beatrice Woods gives a public lecture at the Santa Barbra Museum of Art, shortly later her 101st birthday. Forest talks about her life and answers audition questions.
Sound: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC056 What is a Brand Inspection?
Face-to-face conversation recorded on a ranch near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Julie has recently bought a pony from Gary'due south wife, and is giving him a bill-of-sale. She then gives a brief bout of her property and barn.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Conversation
SBC057 Throw Me
Chore-related talk, a recording of a judo class in Shreveport, Louisiana. The five students and their instructor are males betwixt the ages of 22 and 37. The instructor is demonstrating and coaching the Hane-Makikomi throw, which students are practicing with varying degrees of success.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC058 Swingin' Child
Contiguous conversation recorded in a private home in Boise, Idaho. Sheri, a single mom in her mid thirties, and her son Steven (age 11) talk while Sheri prepares dinner.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
SBC059 Yous Broiled
Contiguous conversation, recorded in a family home near Beloit, Wisconsin on Christmas Eve. Cam and Fred are a couple in their early on thirties. Jo and Wess are Cam'southward parents. Topics include talk about family unit and friends, a football game which Wess and Fred had just finished watching, and vacation blistering.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN Chat
SBC060 Shaggy Domestic dog Story
Face-to-face coincidental conversation recorded in an office in Shreveport, Louisiana. The ii speakers, Jon (historic period 72) and Alan (age 66) are friends/co-workers taking a break from work. Alan is primarily telling Jon almost his travel adventures and interests.
Audio: WAV MP3 Text: TRN CHAT
Citation
To reference the Santa Barbara Corpus as a whole, the following bibliographical model may be used:
Du Bois, John Due west., Wallace L. Abrasion, Charles Meyer, Sandra A. Thompson, Robert Englebretson, and Nii Martey. 2000-2005. Santa Barbara corpus of spoken American English, Parts 1-four. Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium.
To reference individual parts of the Santa Barbara Corpus, the following bibliographical models may be used:
Du Bois, John W., Chafe, Wallace L., Meyer, Charles, and Thompson, Sandra A. 2000. Santa Barbara corpus of spoken American English, Part 1. Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium. ISBN 1-58563-164-vii.
Du Bois, John Westward., Chafe, Wallace L., Meyer, Charles, Thompson, Sandra A., and Martey, Nii. 2003. Santa Barbara corpus of spoken American English language, Role 2. Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium. ISBN ane-58563-272-4.
Du Bois, John W., and Englebretson, Robert. 2004. Santa Barbara corpus of spoken American English, Part 3. Philadelphia: Linguistic Information Consortium. ISBN ane-58563-308-9.
Du Bois, John Westward., and Englebretson, Robert. 2005. Santa Barbara corpus of spoken American English, Role 4. Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium. ISBN: 158563-348-8.
Recordings
Nigh of the audio recordings were originally made on Digital Sound Record (DAT), recorded in stereo at 32 kHz or 48 kHz, on Sony TCD-D6 or TCD-D7 portable DAT recorders, using minor, high quality stereo microphones. (A few early recordings were made on high quality analog cassette recorders.)
The sound data every bit published by the Linguistic Data Consortium consist of 16-bit, stereo, 22.05 kHz audio files in WAV format (PCM).
Personal names of speakers on the recordings, too as other identifying information such as phone numbers, have been replaced by pseudonyms in the transcripts, and have been altered to preserve the anonymity of the speakers by filtering the sound files to make these portions of the recordings unrecognizable. Pitch data is still recoverable from these filtered portions of the recordings, but the amplitude levels in these regions have been reduced relative to the original signal. A dissever filter list file (e.g. SBC001.flt) associated with each transcription/waveform file pair (due east.m. SBC001.trn, SBC001.wav) is provided to list the beginning and catastrophe times of the filtered regions. (The file SBC040.flt is empty indicating at that place was no personal information to filter out.)
The filtering was done using a digital FIR low-pass filter, with the cut-off frequency ready at 400 Hz. The result of the filter was gradually faded in and out at the beginning and finish of the regions over a one,000 sample region, roughly 45 milliseconds, to avoid sharp transitions in the resulting waveform.
The following boosted files are included on the published CD'south and DVD's from the Linguistic Information Consortium:
| segment.txt | explanation of the information contained in segment.tbl |
| segment.tbl | information about the speech event context |
| segment_summaries.txt | brief summary of the content of each discourse segment |
| speaker.txt | explanation of the information in speaker.tbl |
| speaker.tbl | speaker demographic information |
| tabular array.txt | description of file names and breezy titles |
| annotations.txt | list of conventions and prosodic annotations |
Acknowledgements
Major funding for the creation of the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English was received from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the form of a grant [Grant #RT-21433-92] to Wallace L. Chafe, John W. Du Bois, and Sandra A. Thompson of the UCSB Linguistics Department, and Charles Meyer of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The initial phases of the project to develop the Santa Barbara Corpus were fabricated possible by a series of grants awarded to Chafe, Du Bois, and Thompson by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Heart, the College of Letters and Science, and the Office of Inquiry, all of UC Santa Barbara. Additional funds were received from the Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania. The completion and release of Parts 2-4 of the Santa Barbara Corpus was facilitated by funding extended past Talkbank, an interdisciplinary research project funded by a grant (BCS-998009, KDI, SBE) from the National Science Foundation to Carnegie Mellon University and the Academy of Pennsylvania.
Contact
For more information about the Santa Barbara Corpus, contact:
John W. Du Bois, Director
Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English
dubois@linguistics.ucsb.edu
Source: https://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/research/santa-barbara-corpus
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