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Jeffersonian Notation

This document provides a summary of Jeffersonian Transcription Notation, which is a system used to transcribe speech. It lists various symbols and their meanings used in transcription, such as brackets to indicate overlapping speech, equal signs to show continuation of interrupted utterances, and parentheses for timed pauses or micropauses. Other symbols convey paralinguistic features like rising and falling pitch, emphasis, volume, and prolongation of sounds. The notation aims to capture both the linguistic and non-verbal elements of interactions during transcription.

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Jeffersonian Notation

This document provides a summary of Jeffersonian Transcription Notation, which is a system used to transcribe speech. It lists various symbols and their meanings used in transcription, such as brackets to indicate overlapping speech, equal signs to show continuation of interrupted utterances, and parentheses for timed pauses or micropauses. Other symbols convey paralinguistic features like rising and falling pitch, emphasis, volume, and prolongation of sounds. The notation aims to capture both the linguistic and non-verbal elements of interactions during transcription.

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COGS102B *

Cognitive Ethnography

* Winter 2009

TRANSCRIPTION
Jeffersonian Transcription Notation includes the following symbols:
Symbol

Name

Use

[ text ]

Brackets

Indicates the start and end points of overlapping speech.

Equal Sign

Indicates the break and subsequent continuation of a single interrupted


utterance.

(# of seconds)

Timed Pause

A number in parentheses indicates the time, in seconds, of a pause in


speech.

(.)

Micropause

A brief pause, usually less than 0.2 seconds.

. or

Period or Down
Arrow

Indicates falling pitch.

? or

Question Mark or Up
Arrow

Indicates rising pitch.

Comma

Indicates a temporary rise or fall in intonation.

Hyphen

Indicates an abrupt halt or interruption in utterance.

>text<

Greater than / Less


than symbols

Indicates that the enclosed speech was delivered more rapidly than
usual for the speaker.

<text>

Less than / Greater


than symbols

Indicates that the enclosed speech was delivered more slowly than
usual for the speaker.

Degree symbol

Indicates whisper or reduced volume speech.

ALL CAPS

Capitalized text

Indicates shouted or increased volume speech.

underline

Underlined text

Indicates the speaker is emphasizing or stressing the speech.

:::

Colon(s)

Indicates prolongation of an utterance.

(hhh)

Audible exhalation

? or (.hhh)

High Dot

Audible inhalation

( text )

Parentheses

Speech which is unclear or in doubt in the transcript.

(( italic text ))

Double Parentheses

Annotation of non-verbal activity.

Jeffersonian Transcription Notation is described in G. Jefferson, Transcription Notation, in J. Atkinson and J.


Heritage (eds), Structures of Social Interaction, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984.

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