The approach of the Text Encoding Initiative to the encoding of spoken discourse

As is amply shown in this book (see also Edwards and Lampert 1993), there is a great deal of variety in the encoding of spoken discourse, both with respect to the features selected for encoding and their representation in written or electronic form. The challenge is to suggest ways of representing speech which are compatible with the general approach of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and express the distinctions needed for research on spoken discourse.