Abstract
Corpus of spontaneous dialogic Italian archived at The Language Archive of Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen (CLARIN B centre).
Collection of audio recordings consisting of dialogic conversationsin pairs, between people who know each other well.Interactions were recorded in the presence of the researcher. After approximately 10 minutes of conversation, the researcher leftalone the two speakers, who continued to talk for approximately 10 minutes; then, the researcher returned to the room and silently observed the ongoing interaction for the last 10 minutes.Interactions were based on a list of suggested topics assigned before the registration started, such as social and linguistic situations in Bolzano, South Tyrolean festivals and traditions, the political situation in the town, the environment, and some other suggestions aimed at telling the interlocutor about a trip, a film or a book.The speakers were free to choose the topics that best suited their interests.