Precodes and continuation markers

[Brian MacWhinney]

Kevin,
    This is about technical aspects of CHAT coding.  So that means that we should discuss this on
chibolts at googlegroups.com, rather than info-childes at googlegroups.com.  

Many thanks,

-- Brian MacWhinney

On Dec 6, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Kevin Donnelly wrote:

> Hi
> 
> We are using the new(er) precode system for marking language stretches in 
> bilingual files.  There is not a great deal of information about this in the 
> manual, so perhaps I could post a query on the list.
> 
> We have been putting the precodes first in the speaker tier, for reasons of 
> readability, and also because it makes computer analysis of the tier a bit 
> easier.  So we have, for instance:
> *IRI:    [- spa] +< no eso es totalmente natural .
> 
> However, when we run CHECK on these files, we get error messages saying: 
> Item '+<' must be used at the beginning of tier.
> 
> Presumably this means that we have to write:
> *IRI:    +< [- spa] no eso es totalmente natural .
> 
> So:
> (a) Is it the case that precodes must follow markers like +< ?
> (b) Are there any other markers or other things to which this applies?
> (c) Are there any other "gotchas" we should watch out for when using precodes?
> 
> As a subsidiary question, I assume that using the 3-letter ISO-639-3 or 
> ISO-639-2 codes (http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp) instead of the 2-
> letter ISO-639-1 codes is OK, and fits in with the trend in CLAN towards those.
> 
> -- 
> Pob hwyl / Best wishes
> 
> Kevin Donnelly
> kevindonnelly.org.uk
> 
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