Empty Pause

Symbol <P>


Empty pauses can be defined as temporary, unfilled gaps in speech. They can be overlayed by a speaker interference (see 3.2.25), but cannot overlay actively. Just as with the filled pause labels punctuation marks always come first. Empty pauses at the beginning or at the end of a turn are not transcribed.

w001_ptd_001_AAA: hallo , <P> kannst du mir bitte sagen wo ich
das Schlo"s in  <P> ~Heidelberg finde .

Note:
In the of event of an extremly long empty pause the label <PP> may be used.