CHILDES renewal support letter

[Gisela Szagun]

Dear Brian,

I am attaching my letter including lists of publications, research grants,
diploma and doctoral theses.

I wish you every success.

Best wishes,
Gisela



On Feb 4, 2008 5:37 PM, Brian MacWhinney <macw at cmu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Child Language Colleague,
>
> This letter is addressed to researchers who have made use of the data and
> programs of the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES). The grant
> from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that has supported the CHILDES
> Project for the last five years will end in 12 months, and the Competing
> Continuation renewal application is due *March 1.* The new proposal will
> focus on:
>
> ·      continued expansion of the database,
>
> ·      web-distributed screen-shot-video user tutorials,
>
> ·      creation of a new, user-friendly interface for CLAN,
>
> ·      more powerful search programs that operate with the new interface,
>
> ·      fully automatic computation of IPSyn and DSS,
>
> ·      extension of automatic morphosyntactic analysis to more languages,
>
> ·      fuller support for coding of sign language with links to ELAN,
>
> ·      fuller support for Conversation Analysis (CA) coding,
>
> ·      computer-assisted methods for very rapid first-pass transcription,
>
> ·      extended support for video-based transcription,
>
> ·      extended interoperability with other major computer programs, and
>
> ·      a first generation system for collaborative commentary (blogging)
> on transcripts over the web.
>
> To support this proposal, I need to ask all users to send me a letter
> (email to macw at cmu.edu is fine) detailing their use of CHILDES over the
> last six years.   The success of the three previous proposals for funding
> of CHILDES was due in large measure to the letters you provided. In your
> letter, please include citations for articles, conference presentations,
> talks, teaching activities, or student papers based on the use of CHILDES
> programs or data. I will then include these citations in the CHILDES-BIB
> that is on the web, as well as in the proposal.   Also, please mention any
> new features that you would like to see included in the programs and the
> database. If several people work together in a team or workgroup, it would
> be fine if I could receive separate letters from each person.  If it is
> more convenient for you to write in a language other than English, that is
> fine too, perhaps with just an introductory sentence in English.
>
> I need to receive these letters by *March 1* at the latest. However, it
> would make it much easier on me, if I could receive your letter in the next
> week or two.  You can just email your letter to macw at cmu.edu.  I will
> acknowledge each email, as I receive it.
>
> I think you all understand how vital your letter is at this time.  Let me
> thank you in advance for your continuing support for this important
> component of the scientific infrastructure for the study of child language
> development.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian MacWhinney, Professor of Psychology, CMU
>
> macw at cmu.edu
>
>
> >
>

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