Self-interruptions and self-corrections

[Brian MacWhinney]

Chris,
    Believe it or not, CHAT has a code for this.  It is +".  Check out page 66 of the manual which gives this example:
*CHI: +" please give me all of your honey. 

*CHI: the little bear said +". 

By the way, the table of contents for the CHAT and CLAN manuals is now clickable.

-- Brian

On Jul 17, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Chris Dixon <cddixon90 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> That's really helpful, thank you.
> While you're here, I have another quick query about quotative speech, for example:
> 
> *CHI: 	+" come with me to the castle.
> *CHI: 	the man said.
> 
> Is this right? I'm not sure how to deal with the 'the man said' at the end of the first utterance.
> 
> Thanks!
> Chris
> 
> On Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:15:26 PM UTC+1, Chris Dixon wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm not quite sure how to deal with self-interruptions and corrections. The utterance I need to transcribe is:
> 
> *CHI:  the turtle took him underwater to the beautiful palace where the king's wife, I mean the king's daughter, gave him a box.
> 
> How is this best transcribed? Currently I have it as such:
> 
> *CHI:  	the turtle took him underwater to the beautiful palace where the 
> 	    king's wife +//.
> *CHI: 	I mean the king's daughter gave him a box.
> 
> 
> According to the manual.
> "When an incompletion is not followed by further material from the same speaker, the +... symbol should always be selected. However, when the speaker breaks off an utterance and starts up another, the +//. symbol can be used"
> 
> So I shouldn't use +... because there is further material from the same speaker. The question is whether "I mean the king's daughter gave him a box" counts as breaking off the previous utterance and constitutes a new one in itself.
> 
> Thanks!
> Chris
> 
> 
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