<speech>

Speech

One exchange (a single “speech”) in a real or imaginary conversation between two or more entities, for example, between an interviewer and the person being interviewed, between a nurse (or doctor) and a patient, between a person and a computer, etc. 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.

Remarks

A speech is not part of any particular larger element structure; a speech is just one identified fragment of the whole conversation.

Attributes

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

Related Elements

A <speech> is a container element that names the person, object or group speaking (<speaker> element), followed by one complete utterance, modeled as one or more paragraphs (<p>). These paragraphs need not be long text constructions, but may contain only a few words, as in this example. <speech> <speaker>HAL</speaker> <p>Hi Dave</p> </speech>

Expanded Content Model

(speaker, (p)+)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<abstract>, <ack>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <body>, <boxed-text>, <disp-quote>, <fig>, <license-p>, <named-content>, <notes>, <p>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <styled-content>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <trans-abstract>

Example

...
<p align="left">... In one example (Session 2), Lily
had been talking about putting a wall up and not
letting people know how she feels; she was afraid
that she would get hurt even though she &#8220;yearns
to connect.&#8221;
<speech>
<speaker>Dr. N</speaker>
<p align="left"> How that might happen in here? How
might you sort of put up a wall with me?</p>
</speech>
<speech>
<speaker>Lily</speaker>
<p align="left">...</p>
</speech>
</p>
...

Module

para3.ent