.cut files

[Leonid Spektor]

Cathy,

	Please see answers below. Also, the sample.cha file that use in my examples is attached below.


Leonid.

> On Jun 5, 2020, at 16:39, Cathy Eaton <cathyeaton12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello out there,
> 
> I have some specific questions about how .cut files work. 
> 
> 1) If there is a multi-word phrase like "wait a minute," will CLAN find files that include intervening words like "wait just a minute"? I am wondering if I need to list possible variations or if there is a way to account for more options. Of course, I'd rather the output include more possibilities than fewer. Similarly, for a phrase like "a long time ago," an individual with aphasia might only include "long ago." In this case, CLAN probably wouldn't include the abbreviated version, correct? Would it be better to just include key words in the phrase like "long ^ ago"? What about bound morphemes that might be mistakenly dropped?

You can use COMBO for those searches. For example:

combo +swait^a^minute sample.cha will match only "wait a minute"
combo +swait^*^a^minute sample.cha will match "wait a minute",  "wait just a minute", "wait more than a minute" or  "wait more than just a minute."
combo +swait^_^a^minute sample.cha will match only "wait just a minute"
combo +swait^_^_^a^minute sample.cha will match only "wait more than a minute"

I don't understand you question "Would it be better to just include key words in the phrase like "long ^ ago"?". It is up to you if you want to use actual words or wildcards. I also don't understand what are the bound morphemes that might be mistakenly dropped. Perhaps someone else can answer those questions.


> 2) A related issue that specifically pertains to individuals with aphasia is whether CLAN will find entries where there is a gloss. For example, if the transcript contains an attempt for 'minute' that has a number of phonemic errors followed by [minute], will CLAN include that entry in the search?

Please give me a specific example of how this would be transcribed.

>  
> 3) Can the .cut file include punctuation? For instance, I'm interested in the response "good ." but not 'good' used as an adjective. Similarly, I'd like to search "I think..." as a sentence frame rather than "I think ." as a complete sentence. Is there a way to make this distinction?'

You can make that distinction. For example:

combo +sminute^. sample.cha will match all cases where words minute is followed by a period.
combo +sminute^\+... sample.cha will match only "wait a minute +..."


> 
> Thank you as always for your help!
> 
> Cathy
> 
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