MacWhinney files mismatch?

[Lynne Murphy]

Dear Brian,

Thanks very much for the very quick response! 

We downloaded everything today--manual and files, so they should be the 
most current version. Perhaps the right version of the db manual isn't up 
or the file-name table in it hasn't been updated? The listing of files in 
the manual goes up to 121 then restarts at 1 for the Mark files. The ones 
in the db go up to 90b2. I'd basically like to be able to match the old 
file numbers I have to the new file names. So, if there's an updated table 
of file numbers and dates, I'd be very grateful for it. I could make one 
myself, but if it's been done...

All best,
Lynne


Den tisdagen den 18:e juni 2013 kl. 20:46:32 UTC+1 skrev Brian MacWhinney:
>
> Dear Lynne, 
>
> I don't believe any files have been removed.  Instead there has been some 
> renaming.  You seem to have an older version of the database manual, but 
> even the current version is unclear.  So, I rewrote this section and 
> renamed some audio files.   I removed the phrase "boys" from the 
> untranscribed recordings to make the numerical sequence clearer.  I then 
> revised the description to read as follows: 
>
> This directory contains transcripts from MacWhinney’s diary study of the 
> development of his two sons, Ross and Mark. Ross was born on December 25, 
> 1977 and Mark was born on November 19, 1979. Ross was recorded between the 
> ages of 0;6 and 8;0 and Mark was recorded between 0;7 and 5;6. Because the 
> investigator is also the boys’ father, these data represent a fairly 
> natural record of the family’s interactions. 
>
> Many recordings are not yet transcribed. Untranscribed recordings include 
> 1-10 when Ross was quite young and those after tape 90 when Ross was 5;6 
> and Mark was 4;5.  There is also a set of 12 untranscribed recordings from 
> Mark between the ages of 3;6 and 6;0. The 12 files specifically targeted at 
> collecting data from Mark begin in March 1982, when Mark is 1;4. However, 
> there is little speech from this period with most of the separate Mark data 
> begin­ning after October 1982, when Mark is 1;11.  All these untranscribed 
> recordings are in the /unlinked folder on the server. 
>
> There is also a file (Ross01) that chronicles Ross’s very early 
> development. 
>
>  -- Brian MacWhinney 
>
> On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Lynne Murphy <lynne... at googlemail.com<javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
>
> > Hello, I'm hoping someone can provide some info about a mismatch between 
> the manual and the database. The database manual lists three subfiles for 
> the MacWhinney data: Ross, Boys, Mark. But the database itself seems now 
>  to only have the Ross files and not all of those. Is there anyway to get 
> to the Mark/Boys files? I've used them before and have a student who'd like 
> to use them for an MA project. Or have they been withdrawn? 
> > 
> > I've searched the archives and can't seem to find any info about 
> this--apologies if I've missed something! 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Lynne Murphy 
> > 
>

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