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Basic Format
Begin each utterance with a speaker id, followed by a blank space, followed by the exact words of that speaker, and ending with an ending punctuation mark such as a period, question mark or exclamation mark. Other ending punctuation marks are used to represent intonation prompts, abandoned utterances and interrupted utterances. For example,
E Do you have any pet/s?
C I have two rabbit/s and a dog. |
Adjacent and Long Utterances
When any speaker has two or more adjacent utterances, each utterance is entered on a separate line. For example,
E What are their name/s?
C My dog is named Sparky.
C And my two rabbit/s are named Pokey and Snowball.
Long utterances that require more than one line will be automatically wrapped by the SALT editor. Do not press the enter key until the end of the utterance.
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Punctuation Marks
Commas and double quotes may be used freely to punctuate an utterance. But make sure that the last character of the utterance is the ending punctuation mark. For example,
C Well, he/'s just a puppy.
C He call/ed, "frog, frog".
All other punctuation marks have special meaning and should not be used when entering an utterance. Do not use a period for abbreviations because the period is reserved for use as ending punctuation. Either spell out the word or just leave the period off. For example,
C I went to see the Dr this morning. |
Typing Tips
- Begin all entries in the first column; do not indent.
- You may use either upper or lower case text, as you prefer because SALT ignores text case during analysis.
- Do not press the Enter key until the entire utterance has ended the SALT editor will wrap the line automatically as needed.
- Make sure that the last character of the utterance is the ending punctuation mark.
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