Self-interruptions and self-corrections

[Chris Dixon]

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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