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Technical Interruptions

Symbol <*T> technical interruption within a turn
  <*T>t turn break
  <T_> beginning of turn / word missing
  <_T> end of word missing




Technical interruptions are caused by a temporarily broken or missing section of the audio signal, something that might happen due to technical or other mistakes. There are four distinguishable types of technical interruption:

  1. <T_> is used when the beginning of a turn is missing. In this case it is attached to the beginning of the first lexical item occuring, again without a blank space and regardless of whether this item seems to be complete or fragmental.
  2. <*T> is used when larger parts of an utterance are cut off. It's a substitute for the missing turn elements.
  3. <*T>t is used when the end of a turn is missing.
  4. <_T> is used when the last part of a word is cut off.

w001_ptd_001_AAA: <T_> im Kino ?

w001_ptd_001_AAA: was l"auft <*T> Kino ?

w001_ptd_001_AAA: was l"auft heute abend im Ki= <*T>t

w001_ptd_001_AAA: was l<_T> <*T> <_T>end im Kino ?


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Susen Rabold
2002-08-12