<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes, that is correct. If you transcribe only part of the word without parens, then programs like MOR and even FREQ will not think it was an attempt at a word. If you don't think it was an attempt at a word, then you can use xxx or &ba instead of ba(t).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">--Brian<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 29, 2020, at 5:08 AM, Karin Edlund <<a href="mailto:karin.eva.edlund@gmail.com" class="">karin.eva.edlund@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Thank you Brian for your answer.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just to make sure, it is not possible to transcribe only half of a word or the beginning of a word? It has to be used together with parentheses () for the rest of the word?</div><div class="">And if it is not possible to be sure what word the speaker attends to say, is it better than to transcribe xxx?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Karin Edlund<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den tis 28 apr. 2020 kl 16:43 skrev Brian MacWhinney <<a href="mailto:macw@andrew.cmu.edu" class="">macw@andrew.cmu.edu</a>>:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">I would recommend this form, particularly if you want to emphasize the fact that "boy" was the target:<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">is a teacher like you <but a bo(y)> [* s:r] [//] but a man?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- Brian MacWhinney</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 28, 2020, at 4:59 AM, Karin Edlund <<a href="mailto:karin.eva.edlund@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">karin.eva.edlund@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have a question about noncompletion of words and how to code them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The child's utterance is:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">it is a teacher like you but a bo but a man.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The child is beginning to say 'boy' but interrupts and corrects herself with 'but a man' .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What is the best way to code this?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) is a teacher like you <but a bo> [* s:r] [//] but a man.</div><div class="">OR</div><div class="">2) it is a teacher like you <but a (boy)> [//] but a man.</div><div class="">OR </div><div class="">in another way?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is it possible at all to transcribe incomplete words like in the first case ('bo' meaning 'boy')?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grateful for input!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, </div><div class="">Karin Edlund</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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