<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">Dear Child Language Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">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 <b>March 1.</b><span style="font-weight: normal; "> The new proposal will focus on:</span></span></div><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>continued expansion of the database,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>web-distributed screen-shot-video user tutorials,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>creation of a new, user-friendly interface for CLAN,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>more powerful search programs that operate with the new interface,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>fully automatic computation of IPSyn and DSS,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>extension of automatic morphosyntactic analysis to more languages,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>fuller support for coding of sign language with links to ELAN,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>fuller support for Conversation Analysis (CA) coding,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>computer-assisted methods for very rapid first-pass transcription,<span> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>extended support for video-based transcription,</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>extended interoperability with other major computer programs, and</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span>a first generation system for collaborative commentary (blogging) on transcripts over the web.</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; "><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; ">To support this proposal, I need to ask all users to send me a letter (email to <a href="mailto:macw@cmu.edu">macw@cmu.edu</a> is fine) detailing their use of CHILDES over the last six years.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; "><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; ">I need to receive these letters by <b>March 1</b><span style="font-weight: normal; "> at the latest. However, it would make it much easier on me, if I could receive your letter in the next week or two.<span> </span>You can just email your letter to <a href="mailto:macw@cmu.edu">macw@cmu.edu</a>.<span> </span>I will acknowledge each email, as I receive it.</span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; "><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; ">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.</p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-indent: 0in; ">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span style="color: black; ">Brian MacWhinney, Professor of Psychology, CMU</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span style="color: black; "><a href="mailto:macw@cmu.edu">macw@cmu.edu</a></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><br>
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