Review Quiz

CHAT Quiz 2-3



1 What does the +... symbol indicate in the following example?
*CHI: I like marble cake +...
*CHI: Mommy go away?
interruption
self-interruption
trailing off
lengthening

2 How should the letter "a" be transcribed according to CHAT convention?
a
letter "a"
a@l
l@a

3 Which of the following is FALSE?
%add: the addressee to whom the speaker is referring
%tim: time stamp coding
%par: paraliguistic behavior
%exp: experimenter

4 Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE?
utterances should not begin with a capital letter
each speaker tier should contain only one utterance
in sentences with conjoined clauses, the use of commas is advised
both A and B

5 Which of the following is NOT a changeable header?
@SES of XXX:
@Activities:
@Bg:
@Comment:

6 Which of the following symbols indicates a phonological fragment?
#
-0
&
none of the above

7 Identify the scoped symbol indicating replacement:
[: text]
[:=x text]
[=x text]
[= text]

8 What does the ["] symbol indicate?
overlap precedes and follows
overlap follows and precedes
quoting of utterance
none of the above

9 Which of the following indicates a dependent tier for general purpose coding?
@Coding:
@Cod:
%coding:
%cod:

10 Identify the symbol for a postcode:
%pos:
@Postcode:
[+ text]
none of the above

11 Identify the FALSE symbol definition:
-. indicates a rise-fall final contour
+ indicates a compound or rote form marker
++ is the symbol for other-completion
-: is the symbol for previous word lengthened

12 Which of the symbols listed below should be used in conjunction with "www" on the main speaker tier?
%pho:
%exp:
%com:
none of the above

13 What do the parentheses indicate in the following utterance?
*CHI: it's rain(ing) again?
noncompletion of a word
omission of a word
retracing of a word
correction of a word

14 A transcriber is unsure between two possible transcriptions for a word. Which symbol should be used to indicate the two possibilities?
(?)
[?]
[? text]
[=? text]

15 Which of the following is NOT a dependent tier?
%ACT:
%com:
%add:
%gpx:

16 Which of the following symbols indicates a rise-fall contour?
+/.
-'.
-?
-,.