Some current transcription systems for spoken discourse: A critical analysis

Abstract

In the following, we first present the various criteria required by the authors if they are to be used effectively and adequately. We then review of these systems in detail the use of one specific sign for the notation of oral communicative beha- vior. For this review we have chosen the sign "h" (or, in some cases, "H") because in the various transcription systems, represent it is the one sign that happens to be used to verbal, prosodic, paralinguistic, discourse. in one way or another all four aspects of oral communicative behavior: (see Posner 1985: 238 ff.). The and extralinguistic primary use, however, is paralinguistic. In a third step we analyze various aspects of "h" in view of its usefulness and adequacy as a sign for the transcription of spoken And finally we derive conclusions for the further development of transcription systems. from our review and analyses