The transcription symbols used here are common to conversa Transcription Glossary analytic research, and were developed by Gail Jefferson. A more detailed discussion of the use of these symbols and others is provided in Chapter 3 (s¢e also Jefferson, 2005). 5) oO The number in brackets indicates a time gap in tenths Sl: yeah September seventy six it would be= $2: yeah that's right It can also be used to transcribe the continuat turn across intervening lines of transcript, for instance ‘when another speaker's turn overlaps: Sl: yeah September [seventy six= $2: [September Sl: =it would be Transcription Glossary xi is between adjacent lines of concurrent te of overlap- *h’ indicates speaker in-breath. The ‘A dash indicates the sharp cut-off sound. ms indicate that the speaker has stretched the pre- oe por one They are > pived imamodinitybeloes in pitch can be indicated by using ly preceding a colon: J: Thave a red shizrtxii Under CAPITALS Tha(gh)t [H:21.3.89:2) Transcription Glossary Underlined fragments indicate speaker emphasis, ‘mark a section of speech noticeably louder than that surrounding Degree signs are used to in: encompass is spoken noticeably quieter rounding talk. A ‘gh’ indicates th a guttural pronune Inward chevrons in ‘was produced noticeably talk. Outward chevrons indicate that the talk they encom- pass was produced noticeably slower than the sur- rounding talk. word in which it is placed had alk they encompass an the surrounding Etre headings refer vo tho of the researcher who original Introduction lo we do when we talk? Talk is a central activity in social life Fy talk organized, how do people coordin Xk alysis is characterized by the view that how talk 11 how the meanings of talk are and interactional accomplishmer is not seen simply as the product of two “speaker-hearers exchange ition oF convey messages to each ipants in conversation are seen as mutually orient- laborating in order to achieve, orderly and meaningful jon. At least in part, the aim of CA is thus to reveal the curring talk. The way in which utterances are designed is Sy prosbcies methods and resources luce utterances and by which they make sense of