noncompletion of a word

[Karin Edlund]

Hi,

I have a question about noncompletion of words and how to code them.

The child's utterance is:

it is a teacher like you but a bo but a man.

The child is beginning to say 'boy' but interrupts and corrects herself  with 'but a man' .

What is the best way to code this?

1) is a teacher like you <but a bo> [* s:r] [//] but a man.

OR

2) it is a teacher like you <but a (boy)> [//] but a man.

OR 

in another way?

Is it possible at all to transcribe incomplete words like in the first case ('bo' meaning 'boy')?

Grateful for input!

Regards, 

Karin Edlund

[Brian MacWhinney]

I would recommend this form, particularly if you want to emphasize the fact that "boy" was the target:

is a teacher like you <but a bo(y)> [* s:r] [//] but a man?

-- Brian MacWhinney

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[Karin Edlund]

Thank you Brian for your answer.

Just to  make sure, it is not possible to transcribe only half of a word or the beginning of a word? It has to be used together with parentheses () for the rest of the word?

And if it is not possible to be sure what word the speaker attends to say, is it better than to transcribe xxx?

Best regards,

Karin Edlund

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[Brian MacWhinney]

Yes, that is correct.  If you transcribe only part of the word without parens, then programs like MOR and even FREQ will not think it was an attempt at a word.  If you don't think it was an attempt at a word, then you can use xxx or &ba instead of ba(t).

--Brian

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[Karin Edlund]

Brian, 

Thank you for your help!

Regards,

Karin Edlund

PhD student in Special Education

Stockholm University