Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<vocal>


<vocal> (Vocalized semi-lexical) any vocalized but not necessarily lexical phenomenon, for example voiced pauses, non-lexical backchannels, etc.
Attributes (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from comp.spoken, timed)
who supplies an identifier for the vocalist(s). Its value is the identifier of a <participant> or <participant.grp> element in the TEI header.
Datatype: IDREF
Values: Must identify a participant or participant group within the TEI Header
Default: %INHERITED;
iterated (iterated) indicates whether or not the phenomenon is repeated.
Datatype: ( y | n | u )
Legal values are:
y the phenomenon is repeated.
n the phenomenon is atomic.
u unknown or unmarked.
Default: n
desc (description) supplies a conventional representation for the phenomenon.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: a description or representation of the phenomenon chosen from a semi-closed list
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
<vocal dur="12" desc="whistles"/>
Module Declared in file teispok2; Base tag set for Transcribed Speech: enabled by TEI.spoken
Class comp.spoken; timed
Data Description empty
May occur within argument body castList div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue metDecl performance prologue set u
Declaration
<!ELEMENT vocal %om.RO; EMPTY> 
<!ATTLIST vocal  
      %a.global;
      %a.timed;
      who IDREF %INHERITED;
      iterated ( y | n | u ) "n"
      desc CDATA #IMPLIED>
See further 11.2.7 Formal Definition; 11.2.3 Vocal, Kinesic, Event; 11.2 Elements Unique to Spoken Texts

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