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<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dear
Brian,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As a
frequent user of CHILDES I would like to express my gratitude for founding,
maintaining, adjusting and expanding the CHILDES-database and the CLAN analysis
tool.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
been working with the CHILDES-system for nearly eight years now. First when I
was writing my MA-thesis, for which I used data from the Groningen-corpus. As a
student-assistent I have expanded my knowledge of Childes and for my PhD-thesis,
I use CHILDES again. My project focuses on the interaction between morphosyntax
and pragmatics in the acquisition of reference from a cross-linguistic
perspective (Dutch, English and French). It would have been impossible to carry
out this research without CHILDES. Collecting, transcribing, coding and
analyzing longitudinal data in three languages for three children each within a
period of four years is impossible. That is why I am very glad with CHILDEs from
which all data were taken. Furthermore, I used the CLAN analysis tool for coding
and analyzing my data. I also use MOR automatic coding to get a fuller picture
of the morphosyntactic forms that children use.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think that it is very important that the CHILDES-project is continued. The
database must be expanded by new corpora, also from languages that are not well
represented yet, for example the Skandinavian languages. The integration of
dense databases into CHILDES is also crucial, given the new trends in language
acquisition research. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Below,
I give an overview of my publications and presentations for which I used
CHILDES. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834063912-06022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>Publications</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><EM>To appear<SPAN
class=834063912-06022008> </SPAN></EM>Rozendaal, M.I. & Baker, A.E.
<EM>A cross-linguistic investigation of the acquisition of the pragmatics of
indefininte and definite reference in two-year-olds</EM>. To appear in Journal
of Child Language. </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2007</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Rozendaal, M.I. The acquisition of the
morphosyntax-pragmatics interface in French L1: Evidence from reference with
articles and pronouns.<EM> </EM>In S. Baauw, J. van Kampen & M. Pinto
(eds.), <EM>The Acquisition of Romance Languages. Selected Papers from The
Romance Turn II</EM>. LOT: Utrecht, pp 145-164. </FONT></P>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2006</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Rozendaal, M.I. & Baker, A.E.<EM>
Oeh dat is een koekje! De verwerving van de referentiële functies van lidwoorden
en pronomina door Nederlandstaligekinderen</EM>. Toegepaste Taalwetenschap
in Artikelen, 75 (1), pp 29-39.</FONT></P>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2001</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Rozendaal, M.I. <EM>'De verwerving van
de verleden tijd door Nederlandstaligekinderen: de invloed van het taalaanbod en
semantische predisposities'</EM>, Unpublished MA-thesis, University of
Amsterdam. </FONT></P>
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<TD><SPAN class=kop><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG>Presentations<BR></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2007</FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"Children's sensitivity
to listener's knowledge: the use of morphosyntactic forms for
referent introductions", <EM>The First Conference of the Swedish
Association for Language and Cognition, Lunds Universitet, November
30.</EM> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"Determiner omission in
child language: a pragmatic explanation?", <EM>Child Language
Seminar, University of Reading, July 20</EM>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"The acquisition of the
morphosyntax andpragmatics of reference: Evidence from the use of
indefinite/definite determiners and pronouns in English",
<EM>Contribution to Panel about Reference</EM>, <EM>IPrA, Göteborg,
July 12</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2006</FONT></EM></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"The acquisition of the
syntax-pragmatics interface in French L1: evidence from DP's and
pronouns", <EM>The Romance TurnII, Utrecht University, September
7</EM>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"A cross-linguistic
investigation of referent introductions in young children's
spontaneous speech", <EM>Child Language Seminar, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, July 20</EM>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"Linguistic and
non-linguistic influences on the acquisition of referent
introductions: a cross-linguistic perspective", <EM>Invited talk for
Experimental Linguistic Talks Utrecht, Utrecht University, June
30.</EM> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"Pragmatic functions of
nouns and pronouns in two-year-olds: a cross-linguistic
perspective", <EM>Juniorenoverleg ACLC,University of Amsterdam,
March 7</EM>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>"<EM>'Oeh,
dat is een koekje!' </EM>De verwerving van pragmatische functies van
lidwoorden en pronomina door Nederlandstalige kinderen",
<EM>ANéLA-juniorendag, Utrecht University, February
8.</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2005</FONT></EM></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>'Morphosyntactic
influences on the acquisition of reference in the nominal domain',
<EM>TIN-dag, AVT, 29 January.</EM> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>'Cognitive and
morpho-syntactic influences on the acquisition of reference',
<EM>poster at the X. International Congress for the Study of Child
Language, Freie Universität Berlin, July 25-29.</EM> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>'The
acquisition of reference in two-year-olds', <EM>Emergence of
Linguistic Abilities, Lyon, December
8-10.</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2004</FONT></EM></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>'The development of the
syntax andpragmatics of reference: a cross-linguistic perspective',
<EM>poster at the Child Language Seminar, University of the West of
England, Bristol,12 July.</EM> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>'The acquisition of the
syntax and pragmatics of reference: A cross-linguistic perspective',
<EM>NAP-dag, ACLC, University of Amsterdam, 17
September.</EM> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>'The syntax
and pragmatics of reference in first languageacquisition,
<EM>Juniorenoverleg ACLC, University of Amsterdam, 16
March.</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2003</FONT></EM></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>'The syntax and
pragmatics of reference in firstlanguage acquisition, <EM>NAP-dag,
ACLC, University of Amsterdam, 12 September</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><EM><SPAN
class=834063912-06022008>2002</SPAN></EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><EM><SPAN
class=834063912-06022008>Rozendaal, M.I. & Baker, A.E. 'De
verwerving van de verleden tijd door Nederlandstaligekinderen: de
invloed van het taalaanbod en semantische predisposities', NETWERK,
Nijmegen, februari
2002.</SPAN></EM></FONT></P></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
info-childes@googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Brian MacWhinney<BR><B>Sent:</B> maandag 4 februari 2008
18:38<BR><B>To:</B> info-childes@googlegroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> CHILDES
renewal support letter<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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">ˇ<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt '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>
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