Articulatory Interruption
Symbol | _
Definition | Lexical items can be interrupted by various phenomena. These can include pauses, filled pauses, breathings, mispronunciations, and certain combinations of these. After the interruption the lexical item is continued.
Rules for Transcribing the Articulatory Interruption _
| 1. At the interruption point an underscore [_] is added to the word fragment. 2.This is followed by the interrupting element or elements (a lexical item can of course be interrupted more than once). 3. Finally the remaining part of the interrupted lexical item is transcribed, proceeded by another underscore.
Note | White spaces have to be placed between the underscores and the interrupting elements. If there is more than one interruption element, then white spaces need to be placed between these as well. No white spaces occur between the lexical item fragments and the underscores.
Examples | 1. Meaning_<B> _ful .
| 2. it is un_ +/b=/+<P> _believable .
| 3. 3. I need more con_<uh> <uh> _cen_ +/tri=/+ <B> _tration .
Special Cases | The way to transcribe interrupted compositions like "full-form" that have a hyphen separating the two parts is as follows: ex: full_ <uhm>_-form. If the interruption takes place here, between the 'full' and the 'form,' the hyphen is written behind the second underscore.