Coding the year

[Kimberly Mueller]

Hi,

Can someone please tell me how to code years (e.g., 2012)? Is it two_thousand_twelve or some other way?

Many thanks,

Kimberly Mueller

UW Madison

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Kimberly,

In CHAT, all dates and numbers should be coded as they are spoken with each word as a separate word, as in 

“two thousand twelve”  or “nine hundred ninety nine and a half”  

Doing this provides a clear input to counts such as MLU and facilitates analysis through MOR.  It also properly represents the spoken form.

—Brian MacWhinney

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