Linguistic Diary of Luma:  Audio recordings and respective transcriptions

Supported by the Projects POCTI-SFA-17-745, PTDC/LIN/70367/2006,
and PTDC/CLE-LIN/108722/2008, FCT - Portugal

Short description:

LumaLiDaAudy consists of nearly daily audio recordings of child speech made by the parents, both of them trained phoneticians and phonologists. The database structure contains the following fields: (A) IPA phonetic transcription of child utterance; (B) adapted phonetic orthography of child utterance; (C) IPA phonetic transcription of the target; (D) orthography of the target; (E) utterance meaning; (F) notes on the context of production; (G) date of child utterance; (H) child age; (I) general comments and/or paralinguistic information. The database has 2594 entries produced between 01;01.13 and 03;01.21.

Transcription criteria (pdf file)

User agreement:

    Please read this user agreement carefully before using LumaLiDaAudy. By using LumaLiDaAudy, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this agreement.

    Usage of LumaLiDaAudy entails knowledge and acceptance of the following: (i) usage is restricted to academic research and teaching activities; (ii) users are obliged to always refer to the source as Frota, S., M. Vigário, N. Matos, M. Cruz & R. Jordão (2012) LumaLiDaAudy Audio Child Speech Database with phonetic transcription and prosodic labelling. Lisboa: Lab.Fonética, CLUL/FLUL. http://labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/lumalidaaudy.htm; (iii) the authors of the database will notify users about the addition of new information to the database; (iv) authors would appreciate user feedback on any aspect of LumaLiDaAudy.

    To use the database, please register first by sending an e-mail to labfon AT letras.ulisboa.pt with the following information: name, institutional address, e-mail address for contact. You will be sent a message with instructions on how to access the database.