APLS 101/Getting started

APLS contains audio files alongside annotated transcripts that allow us to treat these files as structured linguistic data. We recommend reading the pages in this section in order for a guided introduction to APLS:

  1. How to sign up for APLS.
  2. Background on the sociolinguistic fieldwork in Pittsburgh that yielded these audio files.
  3. The basics of how data is organized in LaBB-CAT corpora like APLS.
  4. Information on how to navigate the documentation site you’re reading right now.
  5. A breakdown of how to navigate APLS and the APLS homepage.

Once you’ve read through this section, you can go on to learn more about how to use APLS.

Next page: Signing up for APLS