CHILDES Dutch Groningen Corpus

	Gerard Bol Department of Linguistics University of Groningen g.w.bol@rug.nl
	Evelien Krikhaar Expertisecentrum Nederlands National Center for Language Education e.krikhaar@expertisecentrumnederlands.nl website
	Frank Wijnen Department of Linguistics Utrecht University f.n.k.wijnen@uu.nl website

Participants:	7
Type of Study:	naturalistic
Location:	Netherlands
Media type:	Wijnen segment is lost, Krikhaar looking for hers
DOI:	doi:10.21415/T5H60S

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Bol, G. W. (1995). Implicational scaling in child language acquisition: the order of production of Dutch verb constructions, In M. Verrips & F. Wijnen (Eds.), Papers from The Dutch-German Colloquium on Language Acquisition, Amsterdam Series in Child Language Development, 3, Amsterdam: Institute for General Linguistics.

Bol, G. W. (1996). Optional subjects in Dutch child language, In C. Koster & F. Wijnen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Groningen Assembly on Language Acquisition, 125–135.

Ruhland, R., Wijnen, F. & van Geert, P. (1995). An exploration into the application of dynamic systems modeling to language acquisition. In M. Verrips & F. Wijnen (Eds.), Approaches to parameter setting.

Wijnen, F. (1993a). Verb placement and morphology in child Dutch: do lexical errors flag grammatical development? Antwerp Papers in Linguistics, 74, 79–92.

Wijnen, F. (1995a). Clause structure develops, In M. Verrips & F. Wijnen (Eds.). Papers from the Dutch-German Colloquium on Language Acquisition Amsterdam Series in Child Language Development, 3, Amsterdam: Institute for General Linguistics.

Wijnen, F. (1995b). Incremental acquisition of phrase structure. In J. N. Beckman (Ed.), Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society 25(2). Amherst, MA: GLSA Publications, 105–118.

Wijnen, F. & G. Bol (1993). The escape from the optional infinitive stage. In A. de Boer, J. de Jong & R. Landeweerd (Eds.) Language and Cognition, 3, University of Groningen, Dept. of Linguistics.

Wijnen, F. (1996). The temporal interpretation of Dutch children’s root infinitivals. Proceedings of CLS.

Wijnen, F. Temporal reference and eventivity in root infinitivals. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics.

Wijnen, F. & M. Verrips, The Acquisition of Dutch Syntax, In S. Gillis & A. De Houwer (Eds.), The Acquisition of Dutch. Amsterdam/Baltimore: Benjamins.

In accordance with TalkBank rules, any use of data from this corpus must be accompanied by at least one of the above references.

Project Description

This corpus contains longitudinal data from seven Dutch children (six boys and one girl) between 1;05 and 3;07. The data (208 audio recordings totaling more than 170 hours) have been gathered in a research project supported by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) grants to Gerard Bol (300-174-005), Evelien Krikhaar (560-256-065), and Frank Wijnen (300-174-006). In this research there has been assistance from Marjan Bosje, Caroline Elskamp, Puck Goossens, Wenckje Jongstra, and Paulien Rijkhoek. All recordings contain spontaneous speech of the children in an unstructured regular home setting, talking with their father or mother and an investigator. The tables present data for Abel, Daan, Iris, Josse, Matthijs, Peter, and Tomas, preceded by information concerning the compiler and the independent coder, the recording time and the biographical data of the child. Some audio recordings are not transcribed as a result of poor recording quality or other technical problems. This is indicated by nwo (= not written out). The file names give the children’s ages in years, months, and days.

Abel

These files were compiled by Gerard Bol and checked by Paulien Rijkhoek and Marjan Bosje. Each transcription is based on a 45-minute audio recording. Abel, born 31-OCT-1990, was the first male child of Jeanet (mother) and Arjen (father). Both parents were university educated. Their place of residence was Amsterdam. The mother was the primary caretaker, the father worked full-time. Abel attended a toddler’s play group three days a week. On 23-MAY-1993 a second child (Marijn, boy) was born. The recordings occurred monthly from age 1;10,30 to 3;4,1.

Daan

The Daan files were compiled by Paulien Rijkhoek and checked by Puck Goossens. Each transcription is based on a 45 to 60 minutes audio recording. Daan (6-SEP-1991, boy) was the first child of Josje (mother) and Rob (father). Both parents were university students (Dutch literature and Law, respectively). In addition, Daan’s mother had a part-time administration job at home. His father worked mornings but was at home in the afternoon. Strictly speaking, there was no primary caretaker. The family lived in Groningen. In September 1993, the family moved to another house. On 18-DEC-1993, a baby sister (Rosa) was born. Beginning in January 1994 (after transcription 32), Daan visited a play group (for 2- to 4-year olds) on two weekday mornings. Daan’s mother was almost always present during the recordings, because they usually took place in the morning. The recordings occurred montly from age 1;7,23 to 3;3.30

Iris

These files were compiled by Evelien Krikhaar and Frank Wijnen. Transcriptions are based on 30 to 75 minutes of audio recording. These data have not been checked by an independent coder. Iris, born 16-JUL-1990, was the eldest female child of Hennie (father) and Floortje (mother). Hennie was a system manager at the university computer center, Floortje was an artist. Hennie and Floortje had one other child, Matthijs (a boy), born 13-FEB-1992. They lived in Utrecht. Floortje was the primary caretaker. Hennie worked full-time. Three days a week, Floortje worked in her workshop. On those days, the children stay at a daycare center.

Not long after the first taping session, Iris developed middle ear problems, which turned out to be rather persistent. She suffered from several bouts of otitis media. Verbal communication appeared to be hindered. On 13-OCT-1992 she had her tonsils out. On 15-APR-1993 tympanic tubes were placed on both sides. Since then, speech communication appeared to have significantly improved. Nonetheless, her linguistic development appeared to be somewhat retarded. The recordings occurred monthly from age 2;1.1 to 3;6.15.

Josse

These files were compiled by Gerard Bol and checked by Caroline Elskamp. Each transcription is based on a 45 minute audio recording. Josse, born 22-SEP-1990, the first male child of Hanneke (mother) and Ab (father). Both parents were university educated. Their place of residence was Amsterdam. The mother and the father both worked part-time and took care of Josse one day a week (plus week-ends). Josse visited daycare center three days a week. On 16-JUL-1993 a second child (Ruben, a boy) was born. The recordings occurred monthly from age 2;0,7 to 3;4.17.

Kim

Kim was born on 28-FEB-1978. She was the only child of Trudy (mother) and Sam (father). The recordings occurred from 2;06.20 to 3;05.15. There are 38 recordings with transcriptions. The transcriptions are based on short audio recordings, varying from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.

Matthijs

These files were compiled by Evelien Krikhaar and checked by Marjan Bosje. Each transcription is based on a 45 to 60 minutes audio recording. Matthijs, born 27-MAR-1991, was the eldest male child of Marlies and Boudewijn. Marlies had a part-time job as an orthopedagogical therapist. Boudewijn was amusician (conductor and pianist) and worked at home when Marlies was working. Marlies was the primary caretaker. From the age of 2;0 Matthijs went to a daycare center for two mornings a week. Marlies and Boudewijn had one other child, Frederike (girl), who was born 5-DEC-1992. The family lived in Utrecht. The recordings occurred monthly from age 1;5.22 to 3;7.2

Peter

These files were compiled by Frank Wijnen and checked by Paulien Rijkhoek. Each transcription is based on a 45 to 60 minute audio recording. Peter, born 19-APR-1991, the only male child of Jeroen and Leida, both university educated (lawyer and veterinarian, respectively). They lived in Bunnik, a small town some 5 km. from Utrecht. Leida was the primary caretaker. Jeroen worked full-time. The recordings occurred montly from age 1;5.2 to 2;9.26.

Tomas

These files were compiled by Caroline Elskamp and checked by Paulien Rijkhoek. Tomas, born 3-SEP-1991, was the first male child of Nienke (mother) and Be (father). Both parents were university educated. They lived in Groningen. The mother and the father both worked part-time and took care of Tomas one or two days a week (plus weekends). On 5-OCT-1994 a second child, Sam (boy), was born. The recordings occurred montly from age 1;7.5 to 3;1.2.

Acknowledgements

The data have been gathered in a research project supported by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) grants to Gerard Bol (300-174-005), Evelien Krikhaar (560-256-065), and Frank Wijnen (300-174-006).

In this research there has been assistance from Marjan Bosje, Caroline Elskamp, Puck Goossens, Wenckje Jongstra, and Paulien Rijkhoek.