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Appendix: Transcription notation
Stammering Research. Vol. 1.
This is a simplified (and modified) version of the Jeffersonian transcription system adapted from
Tetnowski and Damico (2001:36-37)
1. (( )) Comments enclosed within parenthesis provide a description of the context or the
nonverbal activities of the participants.
2. {{ } Comments enclosed within brackets provide a description of the moment of stammering.
3. (#) A number within a single set of parenthesis indicates a pause with the number indicating
the length of the pause.
4. .? Punctuation markers are used for intonation. A period indicates falling intonation and a
question mark indicates rising intonation.
5. : A colon is used as a sound production marker, indicating that the prior syllable is prolonged.
6. - A short dash indicates a “cut-off” of the prior word or sound.
7. (*) Single pairs of parentheses with asterisk indicate that the transcribers are not sure about the
words contained or that the talk was unintelligible.
8. // The double oblique indicates the point at which a current speaker’s talk is overlapped by the
talk of another.
9. Gaze of the listener is marked below the numbered turn at talk. A line indicates that the
listener is gazing toward the speaker.
10. Gaze of the speaker is marked above the numbered turn at talk. A line indicates that the
speaker is gazing toward the listener.
11. x Marks the beginning and end of the direction of gaze.
12. ,,, Indicates a shift of gaze from one direction to another.
13. Specific gaze direction is described orthographically through indication of the person or place
of the direction of gaze (i.e., initial of person, or ‘mid distance, away’)
14. Simultaneous gesture of the speaker is described orthographically above the numbered turn at
talk.
15. Simultaneous gesture of the listener is described orthographically below the numbered turn at
talk.
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