Final Project Communication 118, introduction to interpersonal communication and culture

COMM 118: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION & CULTURE

Most Commonly Used Transcription Symbols

Adapted from Tracy & Robles (2013, p. 110)

. (period) Falling intonation.

? (question mark) Rising intonation.

, (comma) Continuing intonation.

- (hyphen) Marks an abrupt cutoff.

:: (colon(s)) Prolonging of sound.

never (underlining) Stressed syllable or word.

WORD (all caps) Loud speech.

°word° (degree symbols). Quiet speech.

$word$ $ or £ (pound sign) indicates a smiley voice.

>word< (more than and less than) Quicker speech.

<word> (less than and more than) Slower speech.

hh (series of h’s) Aspiration or laughter.

.hh (h’s preceded by dot) Inhalation.

[ ] (brackets) Simultaneous or overlapping speech.

= (equals sign) Contiguous utterances.

(2.4) (number in parentheses) Length of a silence.

(.) (period in parentheses) Micropause, 2/10 second.

( ) (empty parentheses) Nontranscribable segment of talk.

(word) (word or phrase in parentheses) Transcriptionist doubt.

((sarcastic tone))

((gazing toward

the ceiling))

(double parentheses) Description of nonspeech activity