Speech, language and writing data bases: purposes and possibilities for the speech and language clinics

Abstract

Researching in Speech and Language clinics can demand a lot of time of the researcher because besides the data collection, these must be transcribed and typed before being analyzed. This would be one of the reasons for low investment in research on the speech of individuals, be it in speech and language acquisition or in speech and writing pathology. It is suggested that the speech and language clinics get acquainted with the databases in speech, language and writing that are available on the virtual network given its potential for research in speech therapy. Objective: to present the databases in the field of language sciences to encourage research on language functioning. The methodology is to present the databases organized by their filiation to: a) studies on language variation; b) studies on the acquisition of speech and language, oral and written, or c) studies on the subject of speech therapy and its clinics. In addition, we brought the history of the creation of each bank, the objectives, and the form of access to data, location and main characteristics. In the case of specific studies on language and speech, the article focuses on a bank in particular, to detail the tools to access and how the analysis of interactional data can instigate the speech and language therapist to direct their research into this field. Finally, it concludes that the databases have an important contribution to the studies in the field of speech therapy