Re: transcribing convetions

Peter Smagorinsky (psmagorinsky who-is-at ou.edu)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 08:41:20

Brian, try Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown and George Yule, Cambridge
University Press, 1983 (original date--several reprintings since).

Peter

At 05:20 PM 11/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Is there anyone out there, perhaps someone with a speech communications
>background, who is familiar with the conventions used for transcribing
>videotaped discussions? My fellow research team members and I are having a
>difficult time settling on what such symbols as // (interuption) and :
>(simultaneous speech) truly mean, along with the other conventions
>typically used. Is there a bible for discourse analysis that might have a
>guide for such technical issues, to at least give us a place to argue from?
>I realize each researcher or research team needs to fine-tune such things
>for their own purposes, but isn't there some prescribed set of conventions
>used for publication purposes at least?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide.
>
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