Dependent Tiers

CHAT Quiz 1-7

For each description given, chose the correct dependent tier symbol given in the drop-down list on the right.

If you are right:
- The square beside the box gets an ":-)" in it.
If you are wrong:
- The square beside the box gets an "X" in it.

In conjuction with the phonology tier, this tier is used to code the adult target of the learner's phonological forms.
Text cohesion devices are coded on this tier.
The onset and offset of a digitized sound segment created by sonic CHAT are coded on this tier.
The actions performed by the speaker or the listener are described on this tier.
This tier codes for speech errors.
Files which contain very detailed CHAT transcription are made more readable by including this dependent tier.
A description of the speaker's intonations are coded on this tier.
Speech act codes describing the function of sentences in discourse are represented on this tier.
An alternative possible transcription is provided on this tier when the alternative transcription is more than just a few words.
Non-English utterances are translated into English on this tier.
This is a general purpose comment tier used by the transcriber to note interesting observances.
This tier may be used to code the language used by a speaker when different from the dominant language of the interaction.
This tier is used to code syntactic structure.
This tier is used for morphosyntactic coding.
This is the general purpose coding tier used for mixing codes into a single tier for economy or ease of entry.
This tier provides a translation of the child's utterance into the adult language to explain what might otherwise be unclear.
Files that are reformatted from the SALT system include this tier.
Situational information relevant only to the utterance is coded on this tier.
This tier describes who talks to whom.
Paralinguistic behaviours, such as coughing and crying, are coded on this tier.
This tier codes the phonological form of utterances by using the IPA phonemes translated into UNIBET or PHONASCII.
Gestural and proxemic material, such as nodding and reaching, is coded on this tier.
Time stamp codes relative to the time of the first utterance in the file are given on this tier in the form of hours:minutes:seconds.
Facial actions are indicated by this tier.
The onset and offset of a digitized video segment are indicated on this tier.
This tier is useful for specifying the identity of objects or persons referred to as "this," "that," or "her" by the speaker.