CHILDES English Van Kleeck Corpus


Anne Van Kleeck
Callier Center for Communication Disorders
University of Texas
Participants: 20
Type of Study: naturalistic
Location: USA
Media type: no longer available
DOI: doi:10.21415/T54883

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While the purpose of data collection for the full sample is unclear, it is possible that some of the children's data are analyzed in the following:

Van Kleeck, A., & Carpenter, R. (1980). The effects of children's language comprehension level on adults' child-directed talk. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 23, 546-569.

Van Kleeck, A., Street, R. (1982). Does reticence mean just talking less? Qualitative differences in the language of talkative and reticent preschoolers. Journal of Psycholinguistics Research 11, 609–629. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067615

Street, R. L., Street, N. J. & Van Kleeck, A. (1983). Speech Convergence Among Talkative and Reticent Three Year-Olds. Language Sciences, 5(1), 79-96.

Tonn, S., & Van Kleeck, A. (1986). The Quality of a Language Sample as a Function of Its Placement in an Assessment Battery. Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 9(2), 125-132.

Project Description

These data were contributed by Anne Van Kleeck of the University of Texas at Austin. They are from 20 normal 3-year-olds in a laboratory setting. The children are from the Austin area and are native English speakers. This sample was not controlled for race or socio-economic status. We have received only a small amount of information concerning the files. Each individual file is headed with identifying information on the child, the file names represent the child’s name (usually first, but last initial or name has been used where there is duplication of the first name), and the session number. Each child participated in two one-half hour ses-sions, creating the first file (Bree1) for the first session and the second file (Bree2) for the second session. We hope to eventually receive further details regarding the participants and data collection procedures.