Appendix.
Transcription notation.
| Notation | Description |
|---|---|
| Word. | A completing intonation (not necessarily a grammatical full stop) |
| Word, | A continuing intonation |
| Word | Emphasis by the speaker on a word or part of a word |
| Wo- | Abrupt termination or word or sound |
| Wo’d | Letters omitted from words or phrases |
| “Word” | Reported speech |
| (.) | Brief pause in the flow of speech |
| (2 secs) | Longer pause, showing the time in seconds of the pause |
| Don’t you [mm] I mean | Bold text in square brackets show interviewer speech which did not break the flow of the interview |
| ((interviewee laughs)) | Text in double parentheses and italicized refers to notes about how something was said or to something that happened during the interview |
| [] | Omitted speech |
| [text] | Clarificatory information from transcription |
| (. . .) | Inaudible speech |