Table 1 Jeffersonian transcription conventions
(.) | Short, untimed pause |
(1.4) | Timed pause |
hh | Exhalation |
.hh | Inhalation |
(word) | Unclear hearing |
((comment)) | Transcriber’s comment |
w[ord | Overlapping onset |
wor]d | Cut-off word |
wor- | Faster speech rate |
>word< | Slower speech rate |
↓word | Markedly lower pitch |
↑word | Markedly higher pitch |
word= | Latching, rush into next turn or segment |
word | Prominent stress |
WORd | Higher volume than surrounding talk |
wo:rd | Lenghtening of segment |
. | Falling intonation |
, | Level or slight rise intonation |
? | High rising intonation |