CHILDES commands

Question 1

CHAT

Answer 1

the Childes format for transcription and coding

Question 2

CLAN

Answer 2

the childes data analysis programs

Question 3

DAT tape

Answer 3

Tapes for storing digitized sound files

Question 4

FTP

Answer 4

file transfer protocol transferring data between computers

Question 5

What does each speaker line begin with in CHAT?

Answer 5

A three-letter speaker code, a colon and a tab.
*CHI:

Question 6

File headers in CHAT

Answer 6

Features specified at the top of the CHAT file, like ‘AGE’, ‘Participants’, ‘Location’…

Question 7

+f

Answer 7

the output of each analysis should be written to a file on hte disk

Question 8

freq [x dIa a] filename

Answer 8

Creates a frequency word count

Question 9

Capitalized words only (chat)

Answer 9

+c

Question 10

sort output by descending frequency (chat)

Answer 10

+d

Question 11

sort output by descending frequency (chat)

Answer 11

+o

Question 12

Output all selected words, corresponding frequencies and line numbers (chat)

Answer 12

+d

Question 13

outputs word with no frequency information (chat)

Answer 13

+dl

Question 14

Outputs only type/token information (chat)

Answer 14

+d4

Question 15

send to file (chat)

Answer 15

+fS

Question 16

treat upper and lower case as different (chat)

Answer 16

+k

Question 17

include tier code S (chat)

Answer 17

+tS

Question 18

exclude tier code S

Answer 18

-tS

Question 19

mean length of utterance for a particular file (chat)

Answer 19

mlu

Question 20

Get frequency of words ending in x (chat)

Answer 20

freq +s’*x’

Question 21

Get frequency of a certain word (chat)

Answer 21

freq +s’woord’