Variation in transcription

Abstract

The entextualization and recontextualization of speech via transcription is a fundamental methodology of discourse analysis. However, particularly for researchers concerned with sociopolitical issues in discourse, transcription is not a straightforward tool but a highly problematic yet necessary form of linguistic representation. Recent commentators have critiqued the inconsistency of researcher transcripts; by contrast, this article seeks to understand rather than remedy such variability, conceptualizing diversity in transcripts as a kind of linguistic variation. Examining four different types of variation in transcription practice -global format choices based on an analytic focus on content versus form, variation in the details of transcription format in reproducing one's own or others' transcripts, orthographic variation in a single transcript, and variation in translationthe article argues that although reflection about the transcription process cannot overcome the difficulties inherent in this methodology, it can allow scholars to be more attentive to their own transcription choices and their limitations and to make these explicit in their writing.

Coincidências e divergências entre transcrição e textualização de áudios

“…Although textualization depends on the skill and knowledge of the textualizer and Portuguese idiom domain, more swiftness was attributed to the fact of this power interpreting the contents by means of context, while keeping the highlights, without the need for literal understanding of all words. Such data corroborate other studies that classify the transcription as a complex process that involves numerous aspects such as conversation, performance time, nonverbal actions, speaker/listener relationship and physical orientation 32,33 . Regarding the maintenance of content highlights between transcription and textualization, this study indicates that, on average, 93% of the highlights A média do tempo em minutos necessários para realizar a transcrição foi significantemente maior p=0,013.…”

At filtrere og pakke data: repræsentationsproblemet

“…Nogle forskere medtager megen information om ikke-sproglige faenomener, andre gør ikke. Ingen af disse metoder er principielt bedre end andre; forskellige formål, kontekster og modtagere bør afspejle sig i praksis og metode (Bucholtz 2000(Bucholtz , 2007. Jeg har fravalgt termen transskription, fordi jeg fi nder den uheldig som overbegreb.…”

“…Det kaldes denaturalisering Bucholtz (2000) eller eventuelt eye dialect (Preston 1985). Men hvad der for nogle virker som en mere udtalenaer gengivelse, fremkalder hos andre fornemmelsen af, at taleren ikke behersker en anerkendt sproglig standard (Bucholtz 2000(Bucholtz , 2007Mondada 2002;Preston 1985). Modi-fi ceret ortografi kan forstaerke og underbygge fordomme, stigmatisere eller latterliggøre talerne.…”

“…fx Ochs 1979: 44). I dag beskaeftiger fl ere diskurs-og samtaleanalytikere sig dog med transskription og repraesentation (se referencer i Bucholtz 2000Bucholtz , 2007Mishler 1991), og faktisk er selvrefl eksionen ikke specielt iøjnefaldende blandt konversationsanalytikere. Med udgangspunkt i Gail Jeffersons transskriptionssystem koncentrerer man sig isaer om at udvikle konventioner til repraesentation af forskellige faenomener ud over sproglyd.…”

Captured on tape: professional hearing and competing entextualizations in the criminal justice system

“…The original dialogicality of speech is replaced by the monologic authority of the transcriber, who determines what was said and how to represent it. This process of ''creating one's own reality'' via linguistic representation is as central to scholarly transcription practice as it is to other forms of institutional transcription (e.g., Blommaert and Slembrouck 2000;Bucholtz 2000Bucholtz , 2007Ja¤e in this issue;Mishler 1991;Mondada 2002;Ochs 1979;Parker 1997;Preston 1985;Rosenthal in this issue).…”