Attributes common to non-lexical or semi-lexical spoken phenomena Content model for spoken divisions. Base class for elements used to encode transcriptions of spoken communications. A stretch of speech preceded and followed by silence or by a change of speaker. Any phenomenon or occurrence, not necessarily vocalized or communicative, for example incidental noises or other events affecting comunications. Any communicative phenomenon, not necessarily vocalized, for example a gesture, frown etc. An empty element used to indicate a perceived pause, either between or within utterances. Marks the point at which some paralinguistic feature of a series of utterances by any one speaker changes. Any vocalized but not necessarily lexical phenomenon, for example voiced pauses, non-lexical backchannels, etc. A passage of written text revealed to participants in the course of a spoken text.