title: Computer-assisted analysis of written language: assessing the written language of deaf children, II.
abstract: Two pilot studies investigated the accuracy of a computer parsing system for analyzing written language of deaf children. Study No. 1 compared the computer program (machine) with a speech-language pathologist for agreement in phrase structure analysis of a corpus of written language samples produced by deaf children. In addition to identifying the various phrase types, the proportion correct of several of the phrases was indicated. An overall score of grammatical correctness was also awarded each sample by both machine and human raters. Study No. 2 compared the computer program, the speech-language pathologist, and a linguist for agreement in parsing a subset of these language samples before and after minor corrections were made in the program. Results of the studies showed good agreement between human and machine raters.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D003201:Computers; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D010865:Pilot Projects