ELAN supports the following options:
Do the following to add a new linguistic type:
Every tier is assigned to a linguistic type. The linguistic type specifies the stereotypical constraints (and, as a consequence, whether or not the tiers are time-alignable).
Information about the relationship between tiers is given in two different places: for each individual tier it is given in the Add tier dialog window (see Adding new tiers), and for all tiers belonging to one linguistic type it is given in the Add type window (this section), i.e.:
To create a linguistic type, do the following:
Figure 5.8. Add a linguistic type
Enter the following information:
After you have selected a stereotypical constraint, ELAN automatically enters the correct value next to the box Time-alignable.
Click Add to save the settings; otherwise click Close to exit the window without saving them.
Do the following to change the attributes of an already existing linguistic type:
To delete a linguistic type, do the following:
Click on Edit menu.
You can only delete a linguistic type if it is not used by any of the tiers. If it is used, the following error message appears:
It is possible to import linguistic types from .eaf or .etf files.
Click on Edit > Import types.... Here you can select a .eaf or .etf file by clicking on Browse. Select the file you want to use in the next window and click Select. Finally click Import to import the linguistic types from the selected file.
In ELAN it is possible to associate a linguistic type with a data category of the
ISO Data Category Repository (DCR). To do so click on Type in
the ELAN main menu and select Change Linguistic Type.... In
the window that now appears, click the Browse... button to the
right of the ISO Data Category
option. In the next window (Figure 5.12, “Local Data Category Selection”), first select a profile in the
left panel and then select a data category in the middle panel. Finally click on
Apply to associate the selected data category to the linguistic
type.
More information about the ISO DCR and how to use it can be found in Data categories.