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Useful linguistic software and audiotapes available
at
the Geddes
Language Center
The following software may be used in
Geddes,
upon presentation of your BU ID card
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For further detail, see below. |
The
sounds of the world's languages Hypercard stack developed at the
UCLA Phonetics Lab to illustrate and teach about the
range of sounds used in human languages with material on
more that 80 langauges. The set demonstrates particular
highlights of the sound systems focusing especially on
rarer sounds that students may not otherwise have a
chance to hear from a native speaker. LI 9.001.000 Mac platform; PowerMac
preferred; 16MB RAM minimum. MacOS 7.5 or higher. This
program describes the many uses and theories of language.
Separated into six "chapters," each of which contains
interactive videos, demonstrations, and text. LI 9.003.000 Mouton
Interactive Introduction to Phonetics and
Phonology CD-ROM for Mac or PC. LI 9.004 Manual of articulatory
phonetics Audiotape: open reel LI 5.009
Additional software available for use in
Geddes,
upon presentation of your BU ID card:
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PRAAT For information about this program , see http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ |
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SoundEdit 16 A simple program that allows sound recording. (For example, this program makes it possible for students to record sound clips of their own voice reading lists of words and then analyze the waveforms.) |
Also available for students and faculty at BU are the following materials relevant for ASL linguistics
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For further detail, see below. |
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SignStream version 2.0 (for MacOS only) SignStream allows users to annotate video and audio language data in multiple parallel fields that display the temporal alignment and relations among events. It has been used most extensively for analysis of signed languages, including manual and non-manual (head, face, body) information; type of message (e.g. Wh-question); parts of speech; and spoken-language translations of sentences. SignStream v.2, which allows display of up to 4 synchronized video files and a visual representation of the wave form of a synchronized sound file, runs on MacOS computers running System 8.0 or later and requires QuickTime version 3.0.2 or later. (It has not yet been tested with OS-X.) SignStream is being designed specifically for the study of signed languages and the gestural component of spoken languages; however, the tool may be applied more generally to video and/or audio language data. SignStream signed-language data sets are distributed on CD-ROM and through WWW data repository. Although the binary database files can only be read with SignStream, data may be exported to a text file. For some data sets, these text files are being made available via the Web. This CD-ROM includes sample databases and program documentation. More info is available at http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/SignStream |
ASL 9.001.000 |
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ASLLRP SignStream Databases, vol. 1 (MacOS only; requires SignStream v. 2) Databases (with digital video) for excerpts of several ASL stories distributed by DawnSignPress. |
ASL 9.001.000 |
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American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project: Electronic Publications, vol. 2.1 (for MacOS or Windows 95 or later) Contains movie files associated with ASLLRP publications, as well as many of those publications themselves (including reports and doctoral dissertations) in pdf. Also contains information about SignStream, but not the application itself. |
ASL 9.001.002 |