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. 2020 Jul;256:113040. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113040
(0.4) A silence, measured in tenths of a second
(.) A micropause, hearable but too short to measure.
>he said< ‘greater than’ and ‘lesser than’ signs enclose speeded-up talk. Occasionally they are used the other way round for slower talk.
Underlining indicates emphasis; the extent of underlining within individual words locates emphasis and also indicates how heavy it is.
↑ ↓ Vertical arrows precede marked pitch movement, over and above normal rhythms of speech. They are used for notable changes in pitch beyond those represented by stops, commas and question marks.
she wa:nted Colons show degrees of elongation of the prior sound; the more colons, the more elongation.
[ ] Square brackets mark the start and end of overlapping speech. They are aligned to mark the precise position of overlap as in the example below.
°I know it,° ‘degree’ signs enclose hearably quieter speech.
.hhh Inspiration (in-breaths); proportionally as for colons.
£yes£ Smile voice
#sad# Talk between markers is croaky
(?) Unclear talk
? Rising intonation