Table 2.

Transcription conventions.

UPPERCASE	loud talk
emphatic	with emphatic stress
she said [that	overlapping talk starting at [[right
(xxx)	undecipherable talk
=well but	no pause between turns, latching
(.)	micropause (less than 1/4 s)
(2.0)	timed pause (here: 2.0 s)
ye:s	lengthening of a sound
tra-	speaker interupts herself in word
in case–	speaker leaves utterance incomplete
°now°	speech in low volume (“sotto voce”)
*here*	laughter in speaker’s voice
((phone rings))	comments
h	exhalation
.ah	spoken on inhalation
pt, mt	smacking, clicking sound