Transcription decisions

[Brian MacWhinney]

> On Jun 16, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Amber <ambalashes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> I'm studying the manuals and some existing transcripts as I learn to transcribe in CLAN, and I have some questions... I want to do some basic annotation of events such as the child turning a page or pointing at a picture (not necessarily accompanied by talk). Judging by the manuals it seems I can either transcribe an event like this as a turn, as in (1), or I can do on a dependent tier, as in (2)
>  
> (1) *CHI: 0 [&=turns:page]

No need for the 0,  you should just use

*CHI:	&=turns:page .

Which section of the manual suggests use of 0?  I need to fix that.
> 
> (2) *CHI: 0
> %com: [&=points:picture]

I would not use this latter format.  Which section of the manual recommends this.  I need to fix that.
> 
> Does it matter which of these formats I use?

You should use the format 

*CHI:	&=turns:page.

> And will it affect my later analyses of MLU etc (i.e., is an event counted as a turn but not an utterance if there is no accompanying talk indicated by the "0”)?

Material beginning with & is not counted as a word, but it is counted as a turn.

> Finally, if both participants are pointing at the pictures simultaneously, would this go on a %com dependent tier?

If you want to encode that fact, you could note it on the %com line.  

—Brian MacWhinney
> 
> Many thanks for your help. 
> Amber 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "chibolts" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chibolts+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com <mailto:chibolts+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com>.
> To post to this group, send email to chibolts at googlegroups.com <mailto:chibolts at googlegroups.com>.
> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chibolts/34e23d4d-60b5-4786-8e32-d401e80125fe%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chibolts/34e23d4d-60b5-4786-8e32-d401e80125fe%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "chibolts" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chibolts+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to chibolts at googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chibolts/80CACA5B-039F-4774-A494-DC4B9005CBAD%40cmu.edu.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/chibolts/attachments/20150616/034401fb/attachment.htm>