WordToken¶

class corpustools.corpus.classes.spontaneous.WordToken(update=False, **kwargs)[source]¶

WordToken objects are individual productions of Words

Parameters:

word : Word: Word that the WordToken is associated with
transcription : iterable of str: Transcription for the WordToken (can be different than the transcription of the Word type). Defaults to None if not specified
spelling : str: Spelling for the WordToken (can be different than the spelling of the Word type). Defaults to None if not specified
begin : float or int: Beginning of the WordToken (can be specified as either in seconds of time or in position from the beginning of the Discourse)
end : float or int: End of the WordToken (can be specified as either in seconds of time or in position from the beginning of the Discourse)
previous_token : WordToken: The preceding WordToken in the Discourse, defaults to None if not specified
following_token : WordToken: The following WordToken in the Discourse, defaults to None if not specified
discourse : Discourse: Parent Discourse object that the WordToken belongs to
speaker : Speaker: The Speaker that produced the token

Attributes:

transcription : Transcription: The WordToken’s transcription, or the word type’s transcription if the WordToken’s transcription is None
spelling : str: The WordToken’s spelling, or the word type’s spelling if the WordToken’s spelling is None
previous_token : WordToken: The previous WordToken in the Discourse
following_token : WordToken: The following WordToken in the Discourse
duration : float: The duration of the WordToken

Methods

`__init__`([update])	Initialize self.
`add_attribute`(tier_name, default_value)
`update`(old_token)