<u>

<u> (utterance) a stretch of speech usually preceded and followed by silence or by a change of speaker. 8.3.1 Utterances
Modulespoken — 8 Transcriptions of Speech
Attributes [att.timed att.declaring att.ascribed ]
trans(transition) indicates the nature of the transition between this utterance and the previous one.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
smooththis utterance begins without unusual pause or rapidity. [Default]
latchingthis utterance begins with a markedly shorter pause than normal.
overlapthis utterance begins before the previous one has finished.
pausethis utterance begins after a noticeable pause.
Declaration
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="latchingwho="#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.
Contained by model.divPart.spoken
May contain