MICASE Statistics and Transcription Conventions
Explanation of tags, colors, punctuation, and other mark-ups used in our online transcripts, as well as word counts and number of transcripts by categories.
Find the number of words, speakers, or transcripts in any sub-category of MICASE (academic division, type of speaker, speech event).
Explanation of the colors, punctuation, and spelling in the MICASE online files.
The abbreviations we use for speaker and event information in MICASE Online and in the transcripts.
If you are interested in transcribing your own sound files, you can download and use this software.
The history, purpose, and ideas behind the corpus of academic speech.
Discover all the features of the online searchable database. Get help with filtering and narrowing your searches, reading concordance results, and understanding the mark-up of our transcripts.
Order the transcripts, sound files, and the handbook here.
The sound files for many of our MICASE transcripts are available here, organized by speech event type.
These findings using MICASE data, give us a glimpse into the world of academic speech.
Explanation of tags, colors, punctuation, and other mark-ups used in our online transcripts, as well as word counts and number of transcripts by categories.
Our how-to use MICASE information complied into one downloadable document.
How is MICASE being used by applied linguists in these fields?
A list of publications, presentations and teaching materials using MICASE (1999-present).