LOG: Writing English

Keywords: keystroke logging, ScriptLog

A dataset consisting of log files documenting the writing process of English. The corpora in the LOG project can be used to study how and in what kind of a process written text is formed, for example in what order parts of the text are written and how text is edited.

The data set includes 6.3 hours of data gathered from a total of 24 test subjects in 2017. During the experiment people wrote in English about their thoughts on experiences of communality.

The data set consists of log files that can be replayed with the ScriptLog program and the finished texts written by the subjects. 

Details about the resource

Content
  • Language: English
  • Form: logs (.log), finished texts (.txt), XML-logs(.xml)
  • Dataset size: 24 texts, 6.3 hours of data
  • Timescale: 2017
Authors
Sinikka Lahtinen 
Availability
The dataset is available by contacting the person(s) below.

Contact person

Mari Mäkilämkmaki *at* utu.fi

Other notices

contains personal data
 
Referring

Reference instructions

Lahtinen, Sinikka: LOG: Writing English [computer file]. 2017. University of Turku [distributor]. www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-humanities/school-of-languages-and-translation-studies/research/utu-digilang/log-writing-english