<u>

<u> (utterance) a stretch of speech usually preceded and followed by silence or by a change of speaker. 8.3.1 Utterances
Module spoken — 8 Transcriptions of Speech
In addition to global attributes att.timed (@start, @end) (att.duration.w3c (@dur)) att.declaring (@decls) att.ascribed (@who)
trans (transition) indicates the nature of the transition between this utterance and the previous one.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
smooth
this utterance begins without unusual pause or rapidity. [Default]
latching
this utterance begins with a markedly shorter pause than normal.
overlap
this utterance begins before the previous one has finished.
pause
this utterance begins after a noticeable pause.
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="u">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.timed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.duration.w3c.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="trans" a:defaultValue="smooth">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>smooth</rng:value>
    <rng:value>latching</rng:value>
    <rng:value>overlap</rng:value>
    <rng:value>pause</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:text/>
   <rng:ref name="model.gLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.phrase"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element u
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.timed.attributes,
   att.duration.w3c.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.ascribed.attributes,
   attribute trans { "smooth" | "latching" | "overlap" | "pause" }?,
   ( text | model.gLike | model.phrase | model.global )*
}
Example
<u who="#spkr1">if did you set</u>
<u trans="latching" who="#spkr2">well Joe and I set it between us</u>
<list type="speakers">
 <item xml:id="spkr1"/>
 <item xml:id="spkr2"/>
</list>
Note
Prose and a mixture of speech elements
Although individual transcriptions may consistently use u elements for turns or other units, and although in most cases a u will be delimited by pause or change of speaker, u is not required to represent a turn or any communicative event, nor to be bounded by pauses or change of speaker. At a minimum, a u is some phonetic production by a given speaker.