ABSTRACT
Technological changes also led to method changes. From note-taking by linguists listening to children, which led to brilliant results, to wax cylinders, wire recording, tape recording, digital and video recording, and wireless transmission, the data available for accurate transcriptions have shifted
rapidly. Whereas the wax cylinder forced an artificial exchange between adult and child, the wireless transmitter allows researchers to transcribe children at play in natural environments even with no adult present. Each of these changes has made possible new views of children’s talk.
