TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS


  • Partial words

  • Transcribe as much of the word as spoken, tag the rest
    • w[ent]-, th[at]-, espe[cially]-

  • Laughter words

  • Differentiate between words followed by laughter, laughter followed by words and interspersed words and laughter
    • this [laughter], [laughter] this, [laughter-this]

  • Mispronunciations

  • Transcribe word as spoken followed by the intended word
    • [splace/space]

  • Several different tags for hesitations

    • uh-huh, um-hum, ....