How to look for WH elements in a corpus by using CLAN

Hi guys,

After building my corpus and dealing with ELAN transcriptions, I have to look for every WH element produced by a child (CHI Is the tier in the format). I know the command is supposed to be something like freq+t*CHI +s(…) @ in CLAN but it doesn’t work…

As I typed the command I add all my corpus files and click on “done” and then on “run”

Does anyone know what mistake I keep making?

Thank you for your help

Hi,

Maybe there is anyone on this forum familiar enough with the CLAN commands to answer your question, otherwise it’s probably best to contact the CLAN specialists (I don’t know if there is a forum or feedback form).

Assuming the missing whitespace between the “freq” and “+t*CHI” part of the command is just a typo here in the forum post, the answer probably depends on what your “(…)” exactly stands for and on the exact encoding of the utterances.

-Han