2. Annotation Levels

While the original transcript format has been useful for general studies of the interaction between speech and gesture, it has been necessary to augment them with additional levels of annotation for more fine-grained studies of specific aspects of child language use. The original format, then, acts as a base upon which all other LDP annotation levels depend.

2.1. Overview of Levels

There are currently four annotation levels:

2.2. Base Transcript

The aforementioned, original transcript layout. Records speech, roughly categorizes gestures, and provides information about environmental conditions.

2.3. Şeyda Özçalışkan’s Second Tier Gesture Annotation

Further classifies gestures according to type and meaning and provides information regarding the relationship between speech and gestures.

2.4. Morpho-Syntactic Analysis Supplement

Provides CHAT formatted transcription of speech and counts and categorizations of morpho-syntactic structures used by the speaker. It is referred to as a supplement as it is typically integrated with Erica Cartmill’s Second Tier Gesture Annotation

2.5. Erica Cartmill’s Second Tier Gesture Annotation

Builds upon Şeyda Özçalışkan’s Second Tier Gesture Annotation and the Morpho-Syntactic Analysis Supplement to permit detailed analysis of the relationship between gesture types and concurrent speech.

2.2. Base Transcript

2.2.1. Goals

Explain general goals for this annotation level

2.2.2. Columns

Name	Position	Speaker
3.1. Time (Chronology)	1	N/A
3.2. Line - Line Number	2	N/A
3.3. Key - Coded Environmental Context	3	N/A
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	4	Parent
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	5	Parent
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	6	Parent
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	7	Parent
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	8	Parent
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	9	Parent
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	10	Parent
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	11	Child
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	12	Child
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	13	Child
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	14	Child
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	15	Child
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	16	Child
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	17	Child
3.33. Context - Transcriber Notes	18	N/A

2.3. Şeyda Özçalışkan’s Second Tier Gesture Annotation

2.3.1. Goals

Description of goals of this annotation level

2.3.2. Columns

Name	Position	Speaker
3.1. Time (Chronology)	1	N/A
3.2. Line - Line Number	2	N/A
3.3. Key - Coded Environmental Context	3	N/A
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	4	Parent
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	5	Parent
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	6	Parent
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	7	Parent
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	8	Parent
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	9	Parent
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	10	Parent
3.22. G_Type - Gesture Type	11	Parent
3.23. GS_Rel - Gesture-Speech Relation	12	Parent
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	13	Child
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	14	Child
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	15	Child
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	16	Child
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	17	Child
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	18	Child
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	19	Child
3.22. G_Type - Gesture Type	20	Child
3.23. GS_Rel - Gesture-Speech Relation	21	Child
3.33. Context - Transcriber Notes	22	N/A

2.4. Morpho-Syntactic Analysis Supplement

2.4.1. Goals

Provide morphological and syntactic analyses of utterances

2.4.2. Columns

Name	Position	Speaker
3.1. Time (Chronology)	1	N/A
3.2. Line - Line Number	2	N/A
3.3. Key - Coded Environmental Context	3	N/A
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	4	Parent
3.5. CHAT - CHAT Formatted Utterances	5	Parent
3.6. Enum - Enumerated Utterances	6	Parent
3.7. Mor - Morphology	7	Parent
3.8. Syn - Syntax	8	Parent
3.9. Clauses - Clause Count	9	Parent
3.10. NP - Noun Phrase Count	10	Parent
3.11. PP - Prepositional Phrase Count	11	Parent
3.12. DPP - Disjoint Prepositional Phrase Count	12	Parent
3.13. WPU - Words Per Utterance	13	Parent
3.14. Passives - Passive Constructions	14	Parent
3.15. SynType - Coded Syntactic Type	15	Parent
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	16	Parent
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	17	Parent
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	18	Parent
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	19	Parent
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	20	Parent
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	21	Parent
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	22	Child
3.5. CHAT - CHAT Formatted Utterances	23	Child
3.6. Enum - Enumerated Utterances	24	Child
3.7. Mor - Morphology	25	Child
3.8. Syn - Syntax	26	Child
3.9. Clauses - Clause Count	27	Child
3.10. NP - Noun Phrase Count	28	Child
3.11. PP - Prepositional Phrase Count	29	Child
3.12. DPP - Disjoint Prepositional Phrase Count	30	Child
3.13. WPU - Words Per Utterance	31	Child
3.14. Passives - Passive Constructions	32	Child
3.15. SynType - Coded Syntactic Type	33	Child
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	34	Child
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	35	Child
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	36	Child
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	37	Child
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	38	Child
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	39	Child
3.33. Context - Transcriber Notes	40	N/A

2.5. Erica Cartmill’s Second Tier Gesture Annotation

2.5.1. Goals

What are the goals of this annotation level?

2.5.2. Columns

Name	Position	Speaker
3.1. Time (Chronology)	1	N/A
3.2. Line - Line Number	2	N/A
3.3. Key - Coded Environmental Context	3	N/A
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	4	Parent
3.5. CHAT - CHAT Formatted Utterances	5	Parent
3.6. Enum - Enumerated Utterances	6	Parent
3.7. Mor - Morphology	7	Parent
3.8. Syn - Syntax	8	Parent
3.9. Clauses - Clause Count	9	Parent
3.10. NP - Noun Phrase Count	10	Parent
3.11. PP - Prepositional Phrase Count	11	Parent
3.12. DPP - Disjoint Prepositional Phrase Count	12	Parent
3.13. WPU - Words Per Utterance	13	Parent
3.14. Passives - Passive Constructions	14	Parent
3.15. SynType - Coded Syntactic Type	15	Parent
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	16	Parent
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	17	Parent
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	18	Parent
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	19	Parent
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	20	Parent
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	21	Parent
3.22. G_Type - Gesture Type	22	Parent
3.23. GS_Rel - Gesture-Speech Relation	23	Parent
3.24. Time - Timing of Gesture	24	Parent
3.25. Time_Gen - General Timing	25	Parent
3.26. Word - Speech Correlate of Gesture	26	Parent
3.27. Word_Num - Enumeration of Speech Correlate	27	Parent
3.28. Sem_Role - Semantic Role	28	Parent
3.29. Pres_Ref - Presence of Referent	29	Parent
3.30. Reinf - Reinforcing Information	30	Parent
3.31. Added - Added Information	31	Parent
3.32. Persp - Perspective of Representational Gesture	32	Parent
3.4. Utts - Transcribed Utterances	33	Child
3.5. CHAT - CHAT Formatted Utterances	34	Child
3.6. Enum - Enumerated Utterances	35	Child
3.7. Mor - Morphology	36	Child
3.8. Syn - Syntax	37	Child
3.9. Clauses - Clause Count	38	Child
3.10. NP - Noun Phrase Count	39	Child
3.11. PP - Prepositional Phrase Count	40	Child
3.12. DPP - Disjoint Prepositional Phrase Count	41	Child
3.13. WPU - Words Per Utterance	42	Child
3.14. Passives - Passive Constructions	43	Child
3.15. SynType - Coded Syntactic Type	44	Child
3.16. Form - Gesture Name	45	Child
3.17. LRB - Place of Gesture Articulation	46	Child
3.18. Obj - Referent of Gesture	47	Child
3.19. Gloss - Meaning of Gesture	48	Child
3.20. Orient - Manner of Gesture	49	Child
3.21. MSPD - Motion-Space Descriptor	50	Child
3.22. G_Type - Gesture Type	51	Child
3.23. GS_Rel - Gesture-Speech Relation	52	Child
3.24. Time - Timing of Gesture	53	Child
3.25. Time_Gen - General Timing	54	Child
3.26. Word - Speech Correlate of Gesture	55	Child
3.27. Word_Num - Enumeration of Speech Correlate	56	Child
3.28. Sem_Role - Semantic Role	57	Child
3.29. Pres_Ref - Presence of Referent	58	Child
3.30. Reinf - Reinforcing Information	59	Child
3.31. Added - Added Information	60	Child
3.32. Persp - Perspective of Representational Gesture	61	Child
3.33. Context - Transcriber Notes	62	N/A

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