<speech>

Speech

One exchange (a single speech) in a real or imaginary conversation between two or more entities.

Remarks

For example, the conversation may be between an interviewer and the person being interviewed, between a nurse and a patient, or between a person and a computer. Each time a new speaker takes over, a new <speech> starts, which names the speaker (<speaker>) and then contains one or more paragraphs (<p>) that hold what speaker said.
In this Suite, a speech is not part of any particular larger element structure; a speech is just one identified fragment of the whole conversation.
Usage: A <speech> is modeled to name the speaker, followed by a minimum of one full paragraph to contain the speech’s text, even if what is spoken is only a few words, for example:
<p>Hi</p>
In the circumstance in which many voices are heard as one, for example, “All the Kings Men” or “Tom and Jerry”, the combination is considered to be a single speaker.

Related Elements

A <speech> is a container element that names the person, object, or group speaking (<speaker>), followed by one complete utterance, modeled as one or more paragraphs.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  speech       %speech-model;                               >

Expanded Content Model

(speaker, (p)+)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<abstract>, <ack>, <answer>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <body>, <book-app-group>, <boxed-text>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <fig>, <glossary>, <index>, <index-div>, <index-group>, <license-p>, <named-book-part-body>, <named-content>, <notes>, <option>, <p>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <styled-content>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <toc>, <toc-div>, <toc-entry>, <toc-group>, <trans-abstract>

Example 

    ...
<sec>...
<p>The participants understood the purpose of their peer
response groups to be finding mistakes or problems in each
other&rsquo;s essays. ... Clara, one of the Chinese-speakers,
explains why she no longer believes the initial positive comments:
<speech>
<speaker>S:</speaker>
<p>I think Aeenoy start this way. I think she always do
this way, like say some good thing first. And then I know
the bad thing is coming.</p>
</speech>
<speech>
<speaker>I:</speaker>
<p>So, why doe she do that?</p>
</speech>
<speech>
<speaker>S:</speaker>
<p>I think it gives somebody self-esteem ...</p>
</speech>
</p>
</sec>
...

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.0 Tag Library

Version of February 2016

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