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. 2014 Feb 7;29(3):355–377. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2014.881459

Extract 1: D4C2i Anne’s birthday Alex and Graham decide they will talk about what they have been doing during the week by going through the diary, which Alex is holding. After Alex mentions doing some gardening, Graham says a friend’s name (line 01).

01 Graham erm (1.2) Anne?
02 Alex mhm (.) for her what
03 Graham birthday
04 Alex yeah (0.4) what did you think of that
05 Graham ⌈(2.8) ⌉ yeah, mm (1.2) uh⌊((Graham grimaces))
06   ⌈no⌊((Graham grimaces, small head shake))
07 Alex what didn’t you like
08 Graham (2.5) erm (5.8)
09 Alex you went in (0.5) yeah? (0.3) sat down
10 Graham yeah
11 Alex and had a ⌈(0.8)⌊((Alex gestures drinking))
12 Graham (2 syllables)
13 Alex yeah
14 Graham um
15 Alex but what- what was difficult about the night
16 Graham (6.3) (sighs) erm huhhhh (1.8)
17 Alex ⌈the ⌈nuh-⌊((Alex taps his ear))
18 Graham ⌊(and=em) (4.2) people and eh driving?
19 Alex uhuh
20 Graham and (2 syllables) (party)
21 Alex mm
22 Graham (but) eh=and ⌈bay ay ay ay ay- oh ⌉ god!⌊((Graham raises hand to head height, gestures talking))
23 Alex (he) was (going) (1 syllable)
24 Graham yeah and uh deh (1.8) erm (3.3)
25 Alex because ⌈(0.2)⌊((Alex touches his ear))
26 Graham (cur-) (2.2)
27 Alex to hear people was hard=
28 Graham =yeah
29   (0.3)
30 Graham yeah