I can recommend the UAM CorpusTool as I have used it quite a bit in my own research and in teaching. For anyone near Cardiff, we have a workshop on it on Feb. 3, details here: http://blogs.cf.ac.uk/linc/entry/workshop_corpus_tools. I'm happy to discuss using it off-list to share ideas. best wishes Lise From: Shannon Sauro <shannon.sauro@utsa.edu> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Date: 24/01/2012 14:24 Subject: Re: [Air-L] Annotating, coding CMC data (focus on language use) Sent by: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org The free corpus annotation application I am slightly familiar with is the UAM Corpus Tool available here: http://www.wagsoft.com/CorpusTool/ ********************************* Shannon Sauro, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Bicultural-Bilingual Studies University of Texas at San Antonio http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/ssauro/ The CALLspot - a podcast about computer-assisted language learning http://callspot.libsyn.com -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of brook bolander Sent: Tue 1/24/2012 4:19 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Annotating, coding CMC data (focus on language use) Dear all, This semester I will be teaching a seminar on research methodologies for the study of computer-mediated discourse. The seminar is part of an MA program on language and communication, so the focus is on language use - the students all come from linguistics departments. As part of the seminar, I want to introduce students to a free software program which enables annotation/coding of data, so we can conduct a small workshop in which they get their hands dirty annotating/coding data and so that we can subsequently discuss dis/advantages depending on the types of data they are working with, their research questions, etc. Do you know of any free programs you would recommend? I am not an expert on this matter and I am overwhelmed by all the programs (one could purchase). Further, do you have any tips on reading materials which address different types of software for the annotating/tagging of (linguistic) data, which we could read in class before working with a program? Thanks so much for your help. Kind regards, Brook Bolander (research and teaching assistant, University of Basel, Switzerland) _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/