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  • Verbs vs gerunds

    Oct 05 2015
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    How do you transcribe a word that can function as a verb or a gerund, e.g., "ice skating"? Posted by SALT Support Staff Aug 17, 2014

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  • Omitting non-obligitory words

    Oct 05 2015
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    How do you transcribe something that is not obligatory but sounds better if is included? e.g. The child says "Looks like he fell down.", instead of saying "It looks like he fell down." Posted by S...

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  • Converting Word Doc files to SALT transcript files

    Oct 01 2015
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    How do I import transcription from a Word document into SALT? Posted by SALT Support Staff Nov 26, 2014

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  • Creating your own database

    Sep 30 2015
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    Hi! I would like to know if there is any possibility to build up our own reference database (or two) for our analysis.

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  • Transcribing the word "Wait" at the beginning of an utterance.

    Sep 28 2015
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    I am working with adolescent language transcription. The adolescents are giving each other directions. I have the following: C Yeah two by two blue brick. {yeah is an acknowledgment of a previous ...

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  • Import CHAT files

    Sep 28 2015
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    Is there a way to convert CHAT/CHILDES files into SALT files?

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  • Clitic confusion

    Sep 28 2015
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    Do you use + with reflexives or not? There was an example on the clitics help section, "El se para", which suggested that a clitic + should be used... but other examples on other sections suggested...

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  • Linking verbs

    Sep 28 2015
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    Do you link verbs to their following preposition? A huge one that always came up was, "ir a". Should it be transcribed as "ir_a"? What about other verbs that typically are followed by a preposition?

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  • Language/code switch

    Sep 28 2015
    1

    Does the language switch to Spanish, English, or Combined only affect the word lists? If a speaker only says 1 or 2 words in English throughout the entire transcript, should the "Combined" language...

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  • Citation for SALT?

    Sep 28 2015
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    How should I reference SALT?

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