> >Most of the occasions where I disagree with the transcriptions as they
> >stand are cases of unstressed i/I where the transcriptions generally have
> >I (hI, SI, DI, etc) but where I'd be inclined to write hi, Si, Di. The
> >vowels are of short duration, so I don't know whether marking quality (as
> >opposed to quantity) is important. There are other occasions which may
> >be of more consequence: should I mail them to you and / or alter the .lab
> >files?
>
> A significant question is whether the .lab files are simply a means
> to getting timing information into the prosodic structure or whether
> they are a significant source of information in their own right.
>
> I think it is worthwhile to spend time correcting alignments, but
> as far as quality is concerned this should be reflected in the
> XML prosodic annotation somehow. Suggestions for how we might do this
> would be welcome.
This is what I suspected. I am ignoring the i/I problem and only
correcting more major discrepancies (such as changing @v to Qv when that's
how "of" has been produced).
> Ideally we need a definitive set of .lab files for the purposes of
> alignment. At the last meeting it was suggested that I assign about
> 80 files to each investigator for hand checking.
I've started from the beginning of jhset0 and I plan to keep on till the
end of that directory unless told to do otherwise.
Best wishes,
Paul
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