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Verbs vs gerunds
Oct 05 20151How 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 2015How 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 2015How 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 2015Hi! 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 2015I 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 2015Is there a way to convert CHAT/CHILDES files into SALT files?
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Clitic confusion
Sep 28 2015Do 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 2015Do 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 2015Does 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 2015How should I reference SALT?
