TEI: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange

P5 Version 4.10.2. Last updated on 4th September 2025, revision bcfa98f42

<speaker>

<speaker> contains a specialized form of heading or label, giving the name of one or more speakers in a dramatic text or fragment. [3.13.2 Core Tags for Drama]

Module core — Elements Available in All TEI Documents

Attributes

att.global
- @xml:id
- @n
- @xml:lang
- @xml:base
- @xml:space
- att.global.analytic
  - @ana
- att.global.change
  - @change
- att.global.facs
  - @facs
- att.global.linking
  - @corresp
  - @synch
  - @sameAs
  - @copyOf
  - @next
  - @prev
  - @exclude
  - @select
- att.global.rendition
  - @rend
  - @style
  - @rendition
- att.global.responsibility
  - @cert
  - @resp
- att.global.source
  - @source
att.placement
- @place
att.written
- @hand

Contained by

core: sp

May contain

analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w

certainty: certainty precision respons

core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled term time title unclear unit

dictionaries: lang oRef pRef

figures: figure formula notatedMusic

gaiji: g

header: idno

iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib

linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline

msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width

namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait

spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing

tagdocs: att code gi ident listRef specDesc specList tag val

textcrit: app witDetail

textstructure: floatingText

transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo

verse: caesura rhyme

character data

Note

This element may be used to transcribe which character is speaking in a dramatic text as indicated by the source text; the who attribute of an sp element may be used to point to another element (typically a role) which provides information about the character speaking. Either or both may be used.

Example

<sp who="#ni #rsa">
<speaker>Nancy and Robert</speaker>
<stage type="delivery">(speaking simultaneously)</stage>
<p>The future? ...</p>
</sp>
<list type="speakers">
<item xml:id="ni"/>
<item xml:id="rsa"/>
</list>

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Content model

<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>

Schema Declaration

<rng:element name="speaker">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.placement.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.written.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>

element speaker
{
 att.global.attributes,
 att.global.analytic.attributes,
 att.global.change.attributes,
 att.global.facs.attributes,
 att.global.linking.attributes,
 att.global.rendition.attributes,
 att.global.responsibility.attributes,
 att.global.source.attributes,
 att.placement.attributes,
 att.written.attributes,
 macro.phraseSeq
}

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TEI Guidelines P5 Version 4.10.2. Last updated on 4th September 2025, revision bcfa98f42. This page generated on 2025年09月04日T16:27:03Z.