Jefferson Transcription

Question 1

what is this symbol and what does it indicate? (.)

Answer 1

A micropause - a pause of no significant length.

Question 2

A timed pause (0.7) indicates what?

Answer 2

A gap in speech long enough to indicate you could time it and that was the time between.

Question 3

What symbol shows where speech overlaps.

Answer 3

[ ]

Question 4

What arrows show that the pace of speech has quickened

Answer 4

> <

Question 5

<> shows what

Answer 5

pace of the speech has slowed down.

Question 6

( )

Answer 6

Speech is unclear

Question 7

Entries requiring comment but without a symbol to explain it.

Answer 7

(( ))

Question 8

Rise in tone is indicated by what symbol?

Answer 8

↑

Question 9

↓

Answer 9

Indicates a drop in tone

Question 10

what is special about this symbol? →

Answer 10

Entered by analysts to show sentences of particular interest and not usually added by the transcriber

Question 11

what indicates words of a louder or important sense

Answer 11

CAPITALS

Question 12

what symbol often indicates the interviewer/ee laughing whilst talking?

Answer 12

(h)

Question 13

=

Answer 13

Indicates that there was no pause between two sentences

Question 14

: : : Colons suggest

Answer 14

stretched sound.

Question 15

What denotes a raise in volume or emphasis.

Answer 15

__________/underlining

Question 16

How many Jefferson transcription symbols are there?

Answer 16

15