Transcription

Question 1

Types of transcription

Answer 1

• Phonetic vs. phonemic transcription
  > terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a difference!

Question 2

Broad phonemic transcription

Answer 2

Phonemic transcription
Aim: representation of general speech sounds (= a model of how something can be said)
- abstract idealization of reality > broad transcription
- also known as impressionistic transcription, because it is a representation of what the transcriber hears
- transcribed in //

Question 3

Narrow phonetic transcription

Answer 3

Phonetic transcription
> aim: representation of actual speech sounds (= exactly what an individual speaker is saying)
- very accurate > narrow transcription
- also known as impressionistic transcription, because it is a representation of what the transcriber hears
- includes diacritics (= marks added to transcriptions to indicate slight alterations to the usual value of a phonetic symbol)
- Transcribed in [ ]

Question 4

Broad phonetic transcription

Answer 4

• intermediate transcription type
• combines features of narrow phonetic and broad phonemic transcription
• we will use slashes // for this transcription