Corpus KIParla Collection

The KIParla corpus is a resource for the study of spoken Italian and is a product of a collaborative effort between the Universities of Bologna and Turin. It is structured in an incremental and modular fashion that allows the addition of new corpus modules over time. To date, KIParla encompasses a diverse range of Italian spoken varieties and involves participants of various ages, genders, and backgrounds and with different professional and educational achievements. As a whole, the KIParla counts ca. 220 hours of recordings. At the time of writing, the corpus is freely available for consultation through a custom noSketchEngine service that provides transcriptions, carried out manually following Jefferson guidelines (Jefferson, 2004), aligned with audio files; access to full transcripts is also provided. For further information, please visit the KIParla website: www.kiparla.it