<shift>

<shift> marks the point at which some paralinguistic feature of a series of utterances by any one speaker changes. 8.3.6 Shifts
Modulespoken — 8 Transcriptions of Speech
Attributes att.ascribed (@who)
featurea paralinguistic feature.
Status Optional
Legal values are:
tempo
speed of utterance.
loud
loudness.
pitch
pitch range.
tension
tension or stress pattern.
rhythm
rhythmic qualities.
voice
voice quality.
newspecifies the new state of the paralinguistic feature specified.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Values An open list (for an example of possible values, see 8.4.2 Synchronization and Overlap)
Note
If no value is specified, it is assumed that the feature concerned ceases to be remarkable. The value ‘normal’ has the same effect.
Used by
model.global.spoken
May containEmpty element
Declaration

<rng:element name="shift">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.ascribed.attributes"/>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="feature">
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:value>tempo</rng:value>
   <rng:value>loud</rng:value>
   <rng:value>pitch</rng:value>
   <rng:value>tension</rng:value>
   <rng:value>rhythm</rng:value>
   <rng:value>voice</rng:value>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:optional>
 <rng:attribute name="new" a:defaultValue="normal">
  <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
 </rng:attribute>
</rng:optional>
<rng:empty/>
</rng:element>
element shift
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.ascribed.attributes,
   attribute feature
   {
      "tempo" | "loud" | "pitch" | "tension" | "rhythm" | "voice"
   }?,
   attribute new { data.enumerated }?,
   empty
}
Example
<u who="#LB">
 <shift feature="loud" new="f"/>Elizabeth
</u>
<u who="#EB">Yes</u>
<u who="#LB">
 <shift feature="loud"/>Come and try this
<pause/>
 <shift feature="loud" new="ff"/>come on
</u>
<!-- ... -->
<listPerson type="speakers">
 <person xml:id="LB"/>
 <person xml:id="EB"/>
</listPerson>

The word ‘Elizabeth’ is spoken loudly, the words ‘Yes’ and ‘Come and try this’ with normal volume, and the words ‘come on’ very loudly.