Penn Corpus


Claire Penn (1951-2018)
Speech Pathology and Audiology
University of Witwatersrand

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Participants: English and Afrikaans people with aphasia
Type of Study: Mostly conversation
Location: South Africa
Media type: audio and video
DOI: doi:10.21415/T5XG89

Citation information

In accordance with TalkBank rules, any use of data from this corpus must be accompanied by at least one corpus reference. If none is given, please use the primary AphasiaBank reference:

MacWhinney, B., Fromm, D., Forbes, M. & Holland, A. (2011). AphasiaBank: Methods for studying discourse. Aphasiology, 25,1286-1307.

General Overview

botes.cha - Interviewer (INV) is off camera, Participant (PAR)is on camera. They discuss the PAR’s concerns about his previous discoveries and patents, and INV asks PAR to describe how to change a tire.

fairweather.cha - INV is off camera, PAR is on camera. Midway through the interview, PAR’s daughter (REL) joins the interview and can be seen occasionally on camera. They discuss PAR’s health and current living situation. REL encourages PAR to show INV how he is getting better at controlling his right arm and hand through practice.

mt.cha - INV's back and PAR can be seen on camera. They do some language tasks: the first involves listening to directions, then using a picture to practice staying on topic, two series of cards that tell stories but need to be put in the right order, and finally practicing how to talk about a word in different ways if you can’t remember the word.

mtmm.cha - Other (OTH) introduces PAR to the INV off camera. Then OTH leaves, and PAR moves on camera. They discuss his accident and his recent life. Then INV asks PAR to describe the steps to changing a tire.

neuro.cha

penmlmm.cha

penn.cha

pennfenn.cha - INV1 interviews PAR and his wife (REL). They discuss PAR’s life and therapy since his accident. There is a large section of garbled audio/video that was not transcribed. Midway through the interview, INV1 leaves the room to find the other interviewer (INV2) and they both return. INV2 interviews PAR and REL about PAR’s previous treatments. INV2 leaves and INV1 makes arrangements for PAR to be seen at their clinic.