Designing, building and using data banks of interactional corpora from a conversation analytic perspective
In this workshop, Arnulf Deppermann, Henrike Helmer and Silke Reineke from the Leibniz Institute for the German Language (Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS), Mannheim) gave presentations on the design and application of large machine-readable corpora of spoken interaction, drawing on the IDS corpus FOLK (Forschungs- und Lehrkorpus gesprochenes Deutsch / Research and Teaching Corpus of Spoken German) to discuss and illustrate the challenges of creating and using them. They addressed workflows, corpus research tools and the specifics of audio and video data gathered to document social interactions in authentic settings. They discussed the potential and the constraints of using large corpora and their tools to support interactional studies from the perspective of Conversation Analysis. There was also an open discussion on the possibilities and limitations of Open Research Data, allowing the participants to exchange views on current trends towards sharing research data and the conditions under which they can be made available to the scientific community.
The event was organised by Lorenza Mondada (University of Basel) on behalf of CHORD-talk-in-interaction. It took place at the University of Basel (Maiengasse 51, room U113) from Thursday, December 7th, 2023, 13:00h – 18:30h, to Friday, December 8th, 2023, 09:00h – 16:00h. The event could be attended on site and via Zoom.
(Maiengasse 51, room U113)
| 13:00 | Welcome with snacks and drinks |
| 14:00 c.t.* | Using large machine-readable corpora for Interactional Linguistics and Conversation Analysis: Potentials and limitations Followed by an extended discussion and some demonstrations on FOLK |
* The streaming of the talk for online participants will start at 14:15!
Friday, December 8th, 2023
(Maiengasse 51, room U113)
| 09:00 | The Research and Teaching Corpus of Spoken German (FOLK): History, workflows and challenges in building a large corpus of audio- and videodata of social interaction. |
| 11:00 | Open discussion about Open Research Data: Possibilities and Limitations |
| 12:00 | Snacks and drinks |
| 13:00 | Dissemination and searchability of spoken data in corpus research tools: benefits and limitations for CA and IL research. |
| 15:00 | General discussion |
| 16:00 | End of the workshop |
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Registration and modes of participation
To attend the workshop, please register by Monday, November 27th, 2023, using this link.
It is possible to attend the workshop in person on site (University of Basel, Maiengasse 51, room U113) or online via Zoom. On site participants have the possibility to request a certificate of attendance.
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Workshop venue and directions
The workshop took place at the University of Basel, Department of French Linguistics and Literature, Maiengasse 51, 4056 Basel (CH), room U113.
Useful information about accessibility and directions can be found here.
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Language
The workshop was held in English.
