The NIE Corpus of Spoken Singapore English

Transription Conventions

The following conventions were used in transcribing the speech.

... : pause
[ : overlapping speech
x-- : unfinished word (stuttering)
--- : unfinished utterance (because of chunking into files)
(ha) : laughter
(hhhh) : sharp intake of breath
(tch) : dental or bilabial click (tut tut)