Data Always Invite Us to Listen Again: Arguments for Mixing Our Methods

Richard Ogden

doi:10.1080/08351813.2015.1058601

Data Always Invite Us to Listen Again: Arguments for Mixing Our Methods

Richard Ogden

Language and Linguistic Science

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Abstract

Moore (2015/this issue) claims, provocatively to some, that speech technology can be used as a labor-saving device. He points out that the production of transcriptions is time consuming, that some aspects of collection building can be handled with a degree of automation, and that some aspects of measurement can be made objective and reliable by using machines. I respond as a phonetician and interactional linguist. I want to argue that while automation is not always the right approach, working with large corpora can be healthy for our relation to data when used in the right ways.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-275
Journal	Research on Language and Social Interaction
Volume	48
Issue number	3
Early online date	11 Aug 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2015.1058601
Publication status	Published - 2015

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