Get started with ELAN

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ELAN 1 is a free computer software that was developed by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen.

You can download it for free . If you have never used ELAN, you can refer to the official online tutorial, in addition, several YouTube tutorials are available online.

To start ELAN:

  • Double-click on the ELAN icon
  • Go to menu File > Open

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  • In Selected files: click on “Add Media File”, select the media file (.mp4,.mpg, wav,…) in your library that you wish to start coding (e.g., 09.01.17_Example GApS coding1_Sex_KZ_KLN.mp4)

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  • If you have an already existing template file, in Selected files: click on “Add Template File”, select the coding template file (e.g., GApS_coding template.etf), otherwise, open your media file alone.

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  1. ELAN (Version 6.4) [Computer software]. (2022). Nijmegen: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Language Archive. Retrieved from https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan. ↩