TalkBank Special Characters

The following set of special Unicode characters are used to mark CA features in the CLAN editor:

Special Characters:

  Character Name Char Function F1 + Unicode
1 up-arrow shift to high pitch up arrow 2191
2 down-arrow shift to low pitch down arrow 2193
3 double arrow tilted up rising to high (?) 1 21D7
4 single arrow tilted up rising to mid (¿) 2 2197
5 level arrow level (,) 3 2192
6 single arrow tilted down falling to mid (;) 4 2198
7 double arrow tilted down falling to low (.) 5 21D8
8 infinity mark unmarked ending 6 221E
9 +double wavy equals +≋ continuation between TCU + 224B
10 triple equal ≡ continuation within TCU u 2261
11 raised period inhalation . 2219
12 open bracket top top begin overlap [ 2308
13 close bracket top top end overlap ] 2309
14 open bracket bottom bottom begin overlap shift [ 230A
15 closed bracket bottom bottom end overlap shift ] 230B
16 up triangle ∆faster∆ "> <" right arrow 2206
17 down triangle ∇slower∇ "< >" left arrow 2207
18 low asterisk ⁎creaky⁎ * 204E
19 double question mark ⁇unsure⁇ / 2047
20 degree sign ° °softer° zero 00B0
21 fisheye ◉louder◉ ) 25C9
22 low bar ▁low pitch▁ d 2581
23 high bar ▔high pitch▔ h 2594
24 smiley ☺smile voice☺ l 263A
25 breathy ♋breathy♋ b 264B
26 double integral ∬whisper∬ w 222C
27 upsilon with dialytika Ϋ Ϋ yawn Ϋ y 03AB
28 clockwise contour integral ∲ singing ∲ s 222E
29 section marker § §precise§ p 00A7
30 tilde constriction∾ n 223E
31 half circle ↻pitch reset r 21BB
32 capital H with dasia laugh in a word c 1F29
33 right pointing arrow hurried start of word q 2907
34 left pointing arrow sudden stop of word x 2906
35 double asterisk hardening of a letter t 2051

Note: ≋ and ≈ are followed by +≋ and +≈ and both require new speaker IDs; ≡ does not. The ≋ marks an interruption by another and then a continuation by the first speaker. The ≈ is within a single speaker's overall turn.

This is the end of the special CA codes. The next ones are for other special purposes:

  Character Name Char Function F2 + Unicode
1 lower quote tag or sentence final particle t 201E
2 double dagger vocative or summons v 2021
3 dot Arabic dot , 0323
4 raised h ʰ Arabic aspiration H 02B0
5 macron ā Hebrew stressed syllable - 0304
6 glottal ʔ glottal stop q 0294
7 reverse glottal ʕ Hebrew glottal Q 0295
8 caron š caron ; 030C
9 raised stroke ˈ primary stress 1 02C8
10 lowered stroke ˌ secondary stress 2 02CC
11 open paren begin phono group < 2039
12 closed paren end phono group > 203A
13 open paren begin sign group { 3014
14 closed paren end sign group } 3015
15 open double quote begin quote ' 201C
16 closed double quote end quote " 201D