TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<shift>` | (Shift) marks the point at which some paralinguistic feature of a series of utterances by any one speaker changes.
Attributes: |
`who` | supplies an identifier for the speaker or group of speakers whose shift in some feature is being noted. 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: #IMPLIED
`feature` | (feature) a paralinguistic feature.
| Datatype: (tempo | loud | pitch | tension | rhythm | voice)
| Legal values: |
`tempo` | speed of utterance.
`loud` | loudness.
`pitch` | pitch range.
`tension` | tension or stress pattern.
`rhythm` | rhythmic qualities.
`voice` | voice quality.
| Default: #REQUIRED
Note |
`new` | (new state) specifies the new state of the paralinguistic feature specified.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: An open list (for an example of possible values, see 11.3.2 )
| Default: normal
Note | If no value is specified, it is assumed that the feature concerned ceases to be remarkable. The value ``normal'' has the same effect.

Example

        <u who="LB"><shift feature="loud" new="f">Elizabeth</u>
        <u who="EB">Yes</u>
        <u who="LB"><shift feature="loud">Come and try this <pause>
             <shift feature="loud" new="ff">come on</u>

The word ``Elizabeth'' is spoken loudly, the words ``Yes'' and ``Come and try this'' with normal volume, and the words ``come on'' very loudly.

Note
Tagset base tag set for spoken materials
Class comp.spoken
Filename `teispok2`
Content: empty
Parents add argument body castList corr div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue equiv item metDecl note performance prologue q quote remarks set sic stage u view
Children [none]
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT shift         - O  EMPTY                              >
    <!ATTLIST shift              %a.global
              who                IDREF               #IMPLIED
              feature            (tempo | loud | pitch | tension |
                                 rhythm | voice)     #REQUIRED
              new                CDATA               normal         >

See 11.2.7 ; 11.2.6 ; 11.2

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