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Appendix B - Transcription notations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2022

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Each interview was tape-recorded and transcribed using the conventions indicated here. Both verbal and non-verbal data are included, and, where possible, behavioural responses that were noted during the interview are also indicated. This was aided by transcribing the tapes shortly after conducting the interviews.

Numbers in brackets are used to indicate a pause of more than one second, while three dots indicate a shorter pause:

A: “It was (3) hard … ya’ know?”

A colon within a word indicates an extension of the preceding vowel sound:

A: “Ye:s, it was.”

A dash on the end of a letter or sequence of letters indicates a word that was begun but not completely articulated by the speaker:

A: “I’m er w-”

Capitalisation signifies additional emphasis by the speaker on a word or phrase:

A: “You wouldn’t BELIEVE what he did.”

Type in triangular brackets indicates notes on the text, unclear speech, laughter, or clarification as to who is being spoken of:

A: “Well it had <unclear> and gone!”

B: “<laugh> Really? He <the nurse> had done that?”

Square brackets indicate a word, or a short section of speech, has been omitted:

A: “He’s the one off […] they’ve done an awful lot about.”

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Talking about Care
Two Sides to the Story
, pp. 201 - 202
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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